Four dead after plane crashes into houses in Connecticut

Former Microsoft executive and teenage son identified as two of the dead

The twin-engine propeller plane had been attempting to land at nearby Tweed New Haven Airport in rainy weather. Photograph: Glenn Duda/Reuters.
The twin-engine propeller plane had been attempting to land at nearby Tweed New Haven Airport in rainy weather. Photograph: Glenn Duda/Reuters.

Four bodies have been pulled from the site where a small plane crashed into two Connecticut homes.

Anthony Moscato of the East Haven Fire Department said that the bodies of two people from the plane and two people in one of the homes were recovered overnight. The deputy chief said authorities now believe those were the only victims.

A family member identified two of the dead as former Microsoft executive Bill Henningsgaard and his teenage son, Maxwell, who were in the plane.

Fire and rescue personnel surround the site of a plane crash in East Haven, Connecticut yesterday. Photograph: Glenn Duda/Reuters
Fire and rescue personnel surround the site of a plane crash in East Haven, Connecticut yesterday. Photograph: Glenn Duda/Reuters

Authorities previously said that two children in a home were missing. They were aged one and 13.

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The multi-engine, propeller-driven plane struck two small homes a few blocks from Tweed New Haven Airport as it came in to land yesterday.

AP