Specialized Contractor To Recover Pieces In Westchester Plane Crash

NORTH SALEM, N.Y. -- A specialized contractor has been brought in to recover pieces of an airplane that crashed into the Titicus Reservoir on Thursday, No. 19, according to lohud.com.

The EPA and the NTSB are bringing in a contractor who specializes in raising sunken debris following the crash of a plane flown by Taew Horsa and his wife Val, of South Salem, into the Titicus Reservoir on Thursday, Nov. 19.
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K Reakes

11/23/2015 2:30 p.m.

Divers have been working to recover pieces of the plane, flown by Val and Taew Horsa of South Salem, as they prepared to land at Danbury Airport, but parts of the plane are too heavy for the balloons the current divers are using to raise to the surface, added lohud.com.

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection along with the National Transportation Safety Board are bringing in a contractor who specializes in raising sunken debris, including planes, said lohud.com.

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