EPHRATAH, N.Y. – A small airplane operating as a volunteer Angel Flight crashed in upstate New York on Friday evening, killing at least two people, authorities said.
Fulton County Sheriff Thomas Lorey said the flight’s two passengers were found dead and investigators are searching for the pilot, who is missing. Officials did not immediately identify the passengers or pilot.
The Piper PA 34 airplane originated in Massachusetts and crashed about a half-mile west of Caroga, N.Y., just after 5 p.m. Friday, Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said.
Lorey said the twin-engine plane crashed in a wooded area in Ephratah, about an hour west of Albany
“The bulk of the plane is in the water, in a pond, completely submerged and we have to wait until daylight to put divers in,” the sheriff said.