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Hudson River plane crash: Damaged Piper taken to Delaware

Originally published: February 20, 2013 9:14 AM
Updated: February 20, 2013 10:38 AM
By KEN SCHACHTER  kenneth.schachter@cablevision.com

Yonkers police officers rescued a pilot and a

Photo credit: Yonkers Police Department | Yonkers police officers rescued a pilot and a passenger after a small plane crashed into the Hudson River off Yonkers. (Jan. 27, 2013)

Federal investigators have moved the wreckage of a single-engine plane whose occupants were rescued from the Hudson River on Jan. 27 to a Delaware facility, according to a preliminary accident report.

The National Transportation Safety Board said investigators would conduct a "detailed examination" of the airframe and engine of the Piper PA-32.

The three-paragraph report said that after...

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