East Kingston (Ulster) - Plane into River - 2-26-11

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Date: 2-26-11

Time: 1340

Location: Hudson River off of the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge

Frequency: 33.48, 46.46, 155.025

Units Operating: East Kingston FD, Glasco FD, Ulster Hose FD, Woodstock FD, Ruby FD, Mobile Life Support, UCSO Dive Team, Coast Guard, Ulster PD, NYSP, Air-2

Weather Conditions: Sunny, cool

Description Of Incident: Personal aircraft into the Hudson River.

Reporters/Writer: eric12401, JetPhoto

1340 - East Kingston respond with all equipment to a plane crash into the Hudson River. Glasco with their boat, Ulster Hose with 61-17 and their Dive Team, Ulster County Sheriff's Office with their Dive Team.

1343 - Coast Guard notified, will be deploying a cutter shortly.

1345 - Staging area will be at Charles Rider Park off of Ulster Landing Rd.

1346 - Police requesting to shut down the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge.

1347 - Kingston-Ulster Airport reporting it was a personal aircraft.

1348 - Saugerties Coast Guard reporting their cutter is out of service.

1349 - State Police launching a helicopter for a rescue mission.

1350 - Woodstock Co. 4 with their hovercraft to the scene.

1354 - A cutter from Norrie Point (?) en route with a 45 minute ETA. Air-2 en route.

1401 - Ruby with 1 engine to standby at East Kingston station #1. Reports of a large barge moving northbound from Newburgh.

1405 - Car 56 reporting a personal jet with 1 subject, debris field in the river.

1411 - Air-2 and NYSP helicopter on scene

1419 - Ulster Hose with fire police to assist with traffic control at the intersection of Rt. 9w and Rt. 199

~1420 - NYSP Aviation reporting plane half under, appears fatal. Air boat en route from NYSP in Albany.

1423 - Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge reopened.

http://dailyfreeman.com/articles/2011/02/26/news/doc4d69516c83a00219327959.txt

UPDATE: http://dailyfreeman.com/articles/2011/02/27/news/doc4d69c42f0b5de677419944.txt

Edited February 27, 2011 by eric12401