Overview
- The Cessna 208B carrying 15 people overshot Cross Keys Airport’s 3,500-foot runway in Williamstown, New Jersey, around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday and crashed into a nearby wooded area.
- Gloucester County classified the event as a mass casualty incident, initiating on-scene triage and deploying five medevac helicopters along with hazmat crews to manage a jet fuel spill.
- Five passengers in critical condition have been transported to Cooper University Hospital in Camden, and no fatalities have been confirmed.
- Rescue teams remain on site working to free one individual still trapped in the wreckage.
- FAA and NTSB teams have begun probing potential mechanical, pilot and environmental factors using flight data recorders and site evidence.