Story highlights Two people were killed in the crash, police say

Police: No injures on the ground

(CNN) Two people aboard a Learjet were killed when the aircraft crashed Monday afternoon near Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, Carlstadt Mayor Craig Lahullier said

Initially, Carlstadt Police said the pilot and co-pilot had died but hours later authorities said they couldn't immediately confirm their deaths. Police said no passengers were aboard the Learjet 35 when it went down around 3:30 p.m. a quarter-mile (400 metres) from the runway at Teterboro Airport, a small but busy airport that is a favourite landing spot for the rich and famous. There were no passengers on the plane and it appears that no one on the ground was hit, police say. “Thank God the guys were out of there, that’s all I can say.”

Town spokesman Joe Orlando said pieces of melted engine could be seen in the charred wreckage, along with wheels and part of the fuselage.
A Philadelphia-originating Learjet crashes in Carlstadt as it approached Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, killing at least two people.