The first indication of worry came at 20:09 when the flight crew inquired about delays at Boston. By Eric Schmitt, Special To the New York Times. The eight-member police force in Cove Neck and two Oyster Bay fire companies got to the crash site first, and recognizing the enormity of it, called for assistance. Dr. Michael Grieco, chief of general surgery at Community Hospital at Glen Cove, said that shortly after he arrived at the site firefighters pulled a woman's apparently lifeless body from the plane, put it on the ground next to a pile of corpses and covered it with a white sheet. The NTSB report notes that flight log recovered at the accident scene recorded the aircraft as carrying 80,000 pounds (36,000kg) of fuel at Medelln. Peter Franzone, a spokesman for the Nassau County police, said that the survivors had been taken to several nearby hospitals, including Glen Cove Communities Hospital, North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset and the Nassau County Medical Center. Ladders were placed on the muddy hillside, and human chains formed from the wreckage down to the roadway. "[2]:12 At 21:30:12, the controller cleared another aircraft for landing. At 21:24:06, the captain asked the first officer to "tell them we are in [an] emergency. [18][16] At least six bodies were found outside the fuselage. The jet landed against a hill 20 feet from the house and broke into four pieces. [2]:52 Additionally, the alternate airport on the flight plan, Logan International Airport in Boston, was forecast to be below the safe minimum for landing. All times shown in the NTSB's final report are in Eastern Standard Time, which is the time zone in which the incident occurred. The right side of the forward end of the fuselage fractured a residential wooden deck. Some were evacuated by helicopter. Medical professionals on site reported that some hospitals received the most up-to-date information by watching the news coverage. [2]:39 This fracturing permitted many of the seats to come loose during the impact and aggravated the passengers' injuries. At 20:46:47, the NY ARTCC radar controller cleared the flight to proceed to JFK at 11,000 feet (3,400m) and to slow to 180 knots (210mph; 330km/h). A wire burst into flame and I could see the outline of the plane. In his first call to the Nassau County Fire Commission dispatch, he requested all the help available. He had been cleared for landing on Runway 22-Left in the final leg of a 2,495-mile flight from Bogota, with a stopover in Medellin. "[2]:7 The flight crew began preparing for an instrument landing approach, extending flaps and discussing the appropriate airspeed. [2]:1011, The JFK tower controller asked the flight to climb to 2,000 feet (610m) and make a left turn. COVE NECK, N.Y. (AP) _ Paramedic Jeff Race didnt have enough time to be startled when a jet plane crashed a half mile from his home. do fighter pilots fly the same plane; Services. [2]:71 At the same time, the seats collapsed and twisted downward and to the left, likely causing hip and spinal fractures. WPBF - West Palm Beach. While some workers searched the tangled wreckage of the red-and-white plane for victims, others carried the injured away on stretchers down the hill and along a narrow roadway to waiting ambulances. Walking up a hill, Mr. Boslet, 68 years old, who has a history of heart trouble, suffered chest pains and trouble breathing, and was taken to Syosset Community Hospital, where a spokesman said he was in critical condition. Mr. Puzio said hundreds of rescue workers wearing rain slickers with reflective strips were carrying people on stretchers down the wooded slope one by one.
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