Pilot, passenger found dead near site of small plane crash in Westchester County identified

The pilot and passenger of a small plane that left from JFK Airport Thursday night were found dead near the scene of a plane crash. Marcus Solis has more.The wreckage of a small plane that crashed after going missing in Westchester County remained tangled in a heavily wooded area Friday.Officials say the pilot and passenger were members of the Jewish community in Cleveland. They are identified as 45-year-old Benjamin Chafetz and 40-year-old Boruch Taub, both of Cleveland.

Westchester County Police say the aircraft, a single-engine Beechcraft A36, was located late Thursday night in an area surrounded by trees following a local search-and-rescue operation.The plane took off from JFK International Airport shortly after 5 p.m. and headed to the Cuyahoga County Airport, just south of Cleveland.

Westchester County Executive George Latimer said the plane went down about two miles from Westchester County Airport in Loudon Point Woods, a 162-acre wooded area adjacent to Rye Lake.Officials said the search effort was complicated by rain and thunderstorms, which prevented the use of drones in trying to locate the wreckage, and by the heavily wooded terrain.

The bodies of the pilot and passenger were recovered at 10:55 p.m., more than five hours after the crash.

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