DARTMOUTH, Mass. — DARTMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — A small aircraft crashed alongside a serious freeway in southeastern Massachusetts early Monday amid rain and powerful winds, killing each individuals on board and wounding one other particular person on the bottom, authorities mentioned.
In movies taken by individuals in passing automobiles, smoke might be seen billowing up above Interstate 195 from scattered, blazing particles. The freeway was closed in each instructions close to the crash website in Dartmouth, a city about 50 miles (80 kilometers) miles south of Boston, the state Division of Transportation mentioned.
The Massachusetts State Police mentioned in a press release it was not conscious of any survivors on the aircraft, which it mentioned might have been making an attempt to land at New Bedford Regional Airport. Nonetheless, officers mentioned it doesn’t seem that the pilot supplied the airport with a flight plan or passenger particulars.
A spokesman for the Nationwide Transportation Security Board mentioned it was investigating the crash, saying a Socata TBM-700 had departed from the New Bedford airport.
No details about the individuals on board could be made public, authorities mentioned, pending notification of their subsequent of kin.
An individual on the bottom was additionally taken to the hospital, state police mentioned.
On the time of the crash, the Nationwide Climate Service mentioned a nor’easter had introduced rain and winds from 30 to 40 mph (48 to 64 kph) to the realm.
The Federal Aviation Administration, which state police mentioned would probably take over the investigation, mentioned in an electronic mail that it couldn’t reply to media inquiries because of the government shutdown.
