One dead after plane crashes near airport close to Boston
A small plane crashed and left one person dead and another critically injured near a regional airport not far from Boston.
A Mooney M20 aircraft crashed on Sam Fonzo Drive close to Beverly Regional Airport in Massachusetts around 8.45am on Thursday.
Two men were trapped inside, said Beverly Police Chief John LeLacheur and Beverly Fire Chief Peter O'Connor.
One of them died in the crash and the other was airlifted to a hospital.
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No one was injured on the ground.
'The preliminary information we have is the plane crashed under unknown circumstances,' stated the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). More Trending
An NTSB investigator is expected to get to the scene in the afternoon, and the plane will be taken to a facility to be evaluated.
Witnesses told WBZ-TV that they saw a puff of smoke before the plane dropped, possibly a sign of an engine failure.
The plane departed Beverly and was flying toward Ticonderoga Municipal Airport, which is roughly 100 miles north of Albany, New York, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
The plane had a fixed wing and had four seats, according to the NTSB.
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