CHESTER TWP. - An air and ground search was undertaken Tuesday evening in the area of Pleasant Hill Road after two witnesses reported a small plane was flying unusually low in the sky and then disappeared, police said.
Mayor William Cogger said at 6 p.m. that he was advised by Police Chief Thomas Williver that two witnesses saw a low-flying plane, lost sight of it and called police, fearing the plane was down or had possibly crashed.
The witnesses described it as a small biplane that appeared to be flying very low in the area of the Black River and did not appear to have any engine trouble or signs of distress; however it disappeared from view.
State police, equipped with thermal-imaging equipment, flew over the area in a helicopter without finding anything, and multiple other entities and agencies were contacted, including Morristown Airport, Somerset Airport, Morris County Office of Emergency Management, Morris County Prosecutor's Office, and Morris County Park Police, which have special vehicles for navigating marshy land, an official said.
The Black River Wildlife Management Area is in the vicinity and it was searched. The Black River itself is more of a brook than a deep body of water in that area.
All local airports reported that all planes in the area were accounted for and the search was eventually cancelled.
Agencies that assisted at the scene included: Chester Volunteer Fire Company, Chester Volunteer First Aid Squad, Morris County Park Police, NJ State Forest Fire, and the Morris County Office of Emergency Management.
- Source: http://www.dailyrecord.com
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