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Three Presumed Dead after Plane Crashes into Two Homes

A twin engine plane bound for Tweed-New Have Airport plunged into a working-class suburban neighborhood Friday, crashing into two homes. Three people were reported missing, including two children inside one of the homes that caught fire. Crews working at the scene reported seeing two bodies in the wreckage. Neither of the bodies have been recovered.

The crash of the multi-engine, propeller-driven plane caused the partial collapse of two small homes a few blocks from the airport. According to Governor Dannel P. Malloy, the fuselage of the plane went into one of the homes, and  firefighters found both homes, 64 and 68 Charter Oak Avenue, engulfed in flames when they arrived.

A neighbor, David Esposito, said he ran into the East Haven home, but they were forced to leave the building because of the fire.

Esposito said he heard a loud noise and then a thump. "No engine noise, nothing," he said.

"A woman was screaming her kids were in there," he said.

Esposito said he ran into the upstairs of the house, where the woman believed her children were, but they could not find them. They returned downstairs to search but he dragged the woman out when the flames became too strong.

At an early afternoon press conference East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo, Jr. said the missing include the one person on the plane and two children in the house, ages 1 and 13. The city's fire chief, Douglas Jackson, says officials "presume there is going to be a very bad outcome."

"It's total devastation in the back of the home," Maturo said.

The Rockwell International Turbo Commander 690B, a multi-engine turbo prop plane, was flying from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey when it crashed near Tweed New Haven Airport at 11:25 a.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA said it is investigating the cause.

Tweed's airport manager, Lori Hoffman-Soares, said the pilot had been in communication with air traffic control did not issue any distress calls.

"All we know is that it missed the approach and continued on. There were no distress calls as far as we know," she said.

"It approached Runway 2, missed the approach and continued on," said Hoffman-Soares.

-Contains reports from John Christoffersen, Associated Press; Marji McClure, The Courier; and John Vanacore, The Courier

We will continue to update this story with more information as it becomes available.