TETERBORO Airport Corporate Jet Crash - Witness Reports and Rescue Efforts

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TETERBORO, N.J. (AP) - A corporate jet hurtled off the end of an airport runway Wednesday while attempting to take off, speeding across a highway and striking two cars before slamming into a warehouse.

One witness said a pilot crawled out of the wreckage and told him the crew lost control of the plane.

One witness said the plane never made it off the ground after "sliding and skidding" down the runway.

rescue crews were unsure whether the inside of the plane was on fire when they arrived, and they used a special hose nozzle to punch through the skin of the aircraft and spray fire-suppressing foam inside.

Video from television station helicopters showed wheel tracks, plainly visible in snow, that ran straight off the end of the runway, through a fence and a snow bank and then across six-lane U.S. 46.

Witness Robert Sosa told WNBC-TV he saw the plane crash into the building.

Martin said communication between the air traffic control and the aircraft was routine. The weather was clear and wind was calm, with temperatures in the low 20s.

A similar plane, a Canadair CL-601 Challenger, crashed in December in Colorado while trying to take off

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[FredGarvin]

I used to live on Long Island. We would hear constant reports about how the airport was simply getting too much use out of aircraft that were pushing their luck on that small of a runway. I guess it was a matter of time.

 

[ohwilleke]

I bet something like that is really bad for your insurance rates.