The two passengers were a 63-year-old mother and 33-year-old daughter who bought tickets for the tour through Groupon.
One person was killed and two others were injured after a small plane crashed into a neighborhood on Long Island Sunday afternoon.
The FAA says there were three people on board the privately-owned single-engine Piper PA 28. No one on the ground was injured.A short time later, the pilot issued a mayday signal and said there was smoke in the cockpit. The 23-year-old pilot is a license-led and certified flight instructor from the Bronx, according to an attorney for a flight school at Republic Airport.The two passengers were a 63-year-old mother and a 33-year-old daughter who bought tickets for the tour through Groupon.One person was pronounced dead at the scene. The other two people on board were transported via helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital in critical condition. The names of the victims have not yet been released.
Baldassano believes the plane clipped the tree line that borders the train tracks right before crashing.
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