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'You see all the black smoke': One dead and two passengers injured as small airplane crashes into Long Island neighborhood

The identities of the three people travelling in the plane remains confidential and no one was injured on the ground due to the plane crash

 LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK: A small airplane crash on Sunday, March 5, 2023, in a Long Island neighborhood resulted in one fatality and two injuries. The plane was captured catching on fire as it crashed in a terrifying doorbell cam video.

Suffolk County police stated that around 3 pm, the plane crashed in Lindenhurst near Fifth Street and North Wellwood Avenue, as reported by New York Post. The pilot reportedly saw smoke in the cockpit as the aircraft approached Republic Airport, a representative for the National Transportation Safety Board told Newsday. A ring camera footage shows the craft's engine roaring, followed by a loud crash. Then, from behind the trees, an explosion of a ball of flame appears, followed by a cloud of black smoke. The explosive plane crash in a forested area close to Ken DeFreitas' home was caught on his doorbell camera, according to New York Post.

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Defreitas told New York Post, "Basically you heard like, tah-tah-tah, and then all of a sudden you heard a bang and a little bit like a squeak. At first it didn't really take. You know these cars that backfire? That’s what it sounded like."

Defretas, a West Babylon Fire Department volunteer, stated, "I started listening to my pager and that's when they said that they had a plane go down. I went outside and you see all the black smoke."

'Crazy! I hope everyone is ok'

On Twitter, several individuals reacted to the horrific plane crash. One person wrote, "Crazy! I hope everyone is ok." Someone else from the same neighborhood wrote, "This is my neighborhood. My neighbor is a flight instructor out of Republic. Praying it's not him but sad it happened to anyone."

Another person wrote, "I used to live about a mile from the crash site. The airport is very close so planes were always flying." One wrote, "My sister was on board AA Flight 587 that crashed near Queens on Nov. 12, 2001...counting 911, that is a jinx area. it seems." One social media user tweeted, "The new FAA guy that doesn't know how to fly has taken over already..."

Who were the victims of the crash?

Authorities stated that one of the victims was reportedly pronounced dead at the site, and the remaining two were flown to Stony Brook Hospital by the Suffolk County Police Department's helicopter. They had third-degree burns, said Jamie Atkinson, the Suffolk County Fire, Rescue & Emergency Services deputy coordinator, according to Newsday. The identities of the three people remain confidential. No one was injured on the ground. NBC New York confirmed the aircraft as a Piper PA 28.

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