The NYPD says a body has been pulled from the water after the department recovered debris that they believe are from a small passenger plane off the coast of Breezy Point Wednesday evening.
Police say they received several 911 calls of a possible plane down off Breezy Point just before 8 p.m.
The NYPD says they believe the debris belongs to a small passenger plane.
Police say they have recovered one body so far in connection with the incident.
The NYPD's special operations unit posted images from the scene on its Twitter account.
NOW: Small plane goes down by Breezy Point. #Harbor #SCUBA & #Aviation are actively searching for aideds/debris pic.twitter.com/4SWXpUTSfg
— NYPD Special Ops (@NYPDSpecialops) November 5, 2015The picture that the NYPD Special Ops' Twitter account sent out can be seen at left.
The FAA says it received a report from the NYPD that parts of a Flight Design CLTS, which is a small aviation aircraft that can seat two passengers, were found, but the FAA says it has no reports of missing aircrafts in that area.
The NYPD's emergency services unit continues to search the area.