NY, Farmingdale--Small Plane Crashes, 3 Injured

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WIRE:03/18/2000 11:40:00 ET

Small plane crashes in NY, three injured FARMINGDALE, N.Y., (Reuters) - A small passenger plane crashed into the parking lot of a shopping center Saturday in this suburban Long Island town, authorities said. The plane went down at 8:45 a.m. shortly after taking off from Republic Airport in Farmingdale.

The parking lot was fairly empty and no passersby were injured, police said.

Two men and a woman who had been on board the aircraft were hospitalized in critical but stable condition at Nassau County Medical Center, according to a hospital spokeswoman.

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters20000318_904.html

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