WILLIAMSTOWN, N.J (WPVI) — Fourteen folks had been hospitalized after a single-engine skydiving airplane went down on Wednesday in Gloucester County, New Jersey.
The decision got here in round 5:25 p.m. for a mass casualty incident at Cross Keys Airport, which is positioned on the 1500 block of North Tuckahoe Highway in Williamstown.
When crews arrived, they discovered in depth injury to the airplane and lots of victims lined in jet gas, in keeping with Andrew Halter with Gloucester County Emergency Administration.
“Sufferers had been decontaminated previous to being transported to the hospital. There have been 15 souls on board within the plane, together with the pilot,” he mentioned.
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The view from Chopper 6 confirmed a big response with a number of victims being taken away on stretchers.
Officers mentioned 14 folks, together with the pilot, had been hospitalized for numerous accidents. Three individuals who had been airlifted from the scene had been reported to be in essential situation. Halter mentioned the opposite accidents seem like minor and one of many folks on the airplane refused therapy on the scene.
Based on investigators, the pilot reported engine hassle earlier than the crash occurred.
“The pilot was reportedly in an ascent at that time, and once more reported some engine hassle, and that is when he was attempting to circle again to make it again down onto the bottom however was unable to take action,” mentioned Halter.
The Cessna 208B airplane is owned by Arne Aviation LLC and is leased to Skydive Cross Keys in Gloucester County.
Crews will work by way of the night time to comb by way of the wreckage, which is in a wooded space close to the airport.
The precise reason behind the crash remains to be beneath investigation by the Nationwide Transportation Security Board.
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