A viral video showing a plane crash was mistakenly identified as a drone incident by online users. The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed the crash occurred in Greenwich, Connecticut, on I-684.
Olivia DeMattio, outside Simple Coffee in Mendham, New Jersey, Dec. 12, 2024, is one of many New Jersey residents who have seen large drones at night over their houses and businesses. (AP)The video shows scenes of the aftermath of a fatal plane crash on the Connecticut-New York border, not a drone. The National Transportation Safety Board said the crash happened in Greenwich, Connecticut, on I-684 while the plane was attempting to land at the nearby Westchester County Airport in New York.
Reports of unidentified drones hovering over New Jersey and other states have sent online rumor mills and conspiracy theories flying.claimed. The nighttime video showed a brightly lit aircraft strewn on a grassy patch next to a highway. Emergency service vehicle lights flashed as people looked over the crash scene. The post’s caption said:'This is 100% American drones and it’s just now been proven. They’re running emergency test flying as a simulation to see what they can do in the event that they need to create some sort of false flag.'shared video of the crash with the caption:'Drone Crashes!! #story #drone #newjersey #ufo #uap #storytime' suggesting the video is from an incident in New Jersey. The Instagram and Facebook videos were flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about ourBut these claims are wrong on two counts: It is not a drone crash and the incident didn’t occur in New Jersey.near Westchester County Airport in New York. The crash blocked traffic on I-684 at the New York-Connecticut border and'also caused an aviation gas spill,' New York Gov.The National Transportation Safety Board recorded the crash as happening in Greenwich, Connecticut.'The preliminary information we have is that the plane was traveling from Linden, New Jersey, when one of the pilots reported engine failure,' Sarah Taylor Sulick, a National Transportation Safety Board spokesperson sai
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