***UPDATE AT 6:30PM***
TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AFTER A SMALL PLANE CRASHED SOON AFTER DEPARTING THE RUNWAY IN A FIELD NEAR THE CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY-JAMESTOWN AIRPORT IN THE TOWN OF ELLICOTT. THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND 2PM TODAY. OFFICIALS CONFIRMED THE PLANE WAS A CIRRUS SR-22 AND THAT THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF CATASTROPHIC FAILURE. THEY ALSO ADDED THAT THE PLANE LEFT OSHAWA, CANADA AND FLEW TO ERIE BEFORE ARRIVING AT THE JAMESTOWN AIRPORT. NAMES OF THE VICTIMS WERE NOT RELEASED BUT AUTHORITIES KNOW THAT THEY WERE ADULT MEN.
POSTED AT 3:30PM
INVESTIGATORS ARE ON SCENE TODAY LOOKING INTO A PLANE CRASH THAT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 2:00AT THE JAMESTOWN AIRPORT. ACCORDING TO SCANNER REPORTS, THE CRASH HAPPENED NEAR THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT. A BICYCLIST WAS NEARBY WHEN THE PLANE WENT DOWN AND WITNESSED IT AS WELL. MORE DETAILS ON THE INCIDENT WILL BE RELEASED WHEN KNOWN.