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Indian-origin man among five dead in US plane crash
Wednesday December 21, 2011 08:23:19 AM,
IANS
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Washington: A
36-year-old Indian-origin man was among five people killed in a
plane crash in America's New Jersey state, officials said.
A single-engine plane that had taken off from Teterboro airport in
New Jersey and was heading for the state of Georgia, crashed on to
a highway Tuesday, said Jim Peters, spokesman for the Federal
Aviation Administration.
New York investment banking firm Greenhill & Co. later confirmed
that two of its managing directors -- 45-year-old Jeffrey Buckalew
and 36-year-old Rakesh Chawla -- as well as Buckalew's wife and
two children, were on the plane.
A dog onboard the plane was also killed, Xinhua reported.
Greenhill & Co said: "The firm is in deep mourning over the tragic
and untimely death of two of its esteemed colleagues and members
of Jeff's family."
Police said no one on the ground was injured.
According to witnesses, the small plane seemed to break up as it
crashed and exploded on the Interstate 287 highway in Harding, New
Jersey. The highway is a heavily used route that wraps around the
northern and western edges of New York City.
The spokesman said the pilot had requested clearance to a higher
altitude before the plane disappeared from radar.
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