One particular person was lifeless and two different folks have been hospitalized with vital accidents in crash of a sightseeing airplane in Lengthy Island, New York, on Sunday afternoon, authorities Stated.

The crash, about 20 miles east of New York Metropolis, was reported after 3 p.m. when air visitors controllers acquired the small airplane’s mayday report of smoke within the cockpit, Suffolk County Police Chief of Detectives John Rowan Stated at a information convention.

Certainly one of three folks on board was lifeless on the scene; the 2 others sustained what Rowan described as vital accidents. They have been rushed to a hospital by medical helicopter, he stated.

The survivors’ circumstances have been unavailable, Rowan stated. Babylon City Supervisor Wealthy Shaffer stated he believes the 2 suffered important accidents.

The wreckage was in brush and woods close to Lengthy Island Railroad tracks, Shaffer advised NBC New York. The airplane missed an adjoining neighborhood, he stated.

The plane is a single-engine Piper PA 28, the Federal Aviation Administration stated in an announcement. It was approaching Republic Airport in close by Farmingdale when it went down, the company stated.

Rowan stated the airplane was getting used for a sightseeing tour and was trying its closing method for a touchdown when it crashed.

The FAA and the Nationwide Transportation Security Board are investigating.

The identities of these on board weren’t instantly out there. No accidents on the bottom have been reported.