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New Hampshire Bound Plane Crashes Off Queens, New York

NEW YORK (CBS) — A small plane registered in New Hampshire crashed in the water outside New York City Wednesday evening.

One body was recovered from the wreckage about a mile and a half off Breezy Point in Queens.

NH Plane Crash Queens New York
The wreckage was found about a mile and a half off Breezy Point in Queens. (Photo credit: NYPD Special Ops)

The two-seat plane took off from Philadelphia and was headed to Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

It's not clear yet if anyone else was on board.

The plane's registered owner is a man from Rye, New Hampshire.

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