Fifteen individuals had been taken to the hospital after a skydiving plane radioed it was having engine hassle after takeoff and crashed on touchdown close to an airport in southern New Jersey on Wednesday, in response to authorities.
The only engine Cessna 208B was carrying 15 individuals when it crashed at about 5:30 p.m. on the Cross Keys Airport, about 21 miles (34 kilometers) southeast of Philadelphia, in response to the Federal Aviation Administration.
“The aircraft did attempt to circle again and try a touchdown we’re informed however was unsuccessful in that try,” Andrew Halter, with Gloucester County Emergency Administration, stated throughout a information convention Wednesday evening.
The accidents ranged from minor to vital and the aircraft was severely broken, Halter stated. A number of the individuals on board had been coated in jet gas and needed to be decontaminated earlier than being taken to the hospital, he stated.
“Simply the truth that we’ve 15 individuals which are nonetheless with us right here immediately, some with minor accidents, I feel is implausible and memorable,” he stated.
Aerial footage of the crashed aircraft reveals it within the woods, with a number of items of particles close by. Firetrucks and different emergency autos surrounded the scene.
Three individuals had been being evaluated at Cooper College Hospital’s trauma middle in Camden, New Jersey, and eight individuals with much less extreme accidents had been being handled in its emergency division, stated Wendy A. Marano, a spokesperson for the hospital. 4 different sufferers additionally with “minimal accidents” had been ready for additional analysis, she stated. She wasn’t in a position to present the precise nature of the accidents.
Members of the hospital’s EMS and trauma division had been on the crash web site, she stated.
Halter stated the plane is owned and operated by ARNE Aviation out of Virginia and leased to Skydive Cross Keys. Skydive Cross Keys didn’t instantly reply to an e mail from The Related Press requesting remark. When requested concerning the crash, Tracey Sackett, who confirmed she is ARNE Aviation’s workplace supervisor, stated to name the workplace tomorrow.
An individual who answered the telephone at Cross Keys Airport on Wednesday stated he had no info and referred inquiries to Skydive Cross Keys.
The Nationwide Transportation Security Board stated in a put up on the social platform X that it’s investigating the crash.
Gov. Phil Murphy stated on X that he had been briefed on the crash and that there had been “no fatalities presently.”
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Related Press reporter Mark Scolforo contributed from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.