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The pilot of a small plane that crashed near an aerospace factory in Connecticut, killing a passenger, reportedly confessed that the crash wasn’t an accident.
The FBI is now investigating whether the Tuesday crash in East Hartford was intentional, law enforcement officials told The New York Times.
The Piper PA 34 crashed near a Pratt & Whitney around 3:40 p.m., on its final approach to Hartford-Brainard Airport. Officials said the small plane took off from the airport’s flight school.
The pilot — who was treated for serious burns — has not been identified.
But officials said the passenger — 28-year-old Feras M. Freitekh, of Orland Hills, Ill. — was killed. Freitekh had been issued a private pilot license in May 2015 and was certified to fly single-engine planes.
His relationship to the pilot is unknown.
East Hartford Police said Wednesday that "nothing is being ruled out" in the investigation. Police added there never appeared to be a distress call from the plane.
Two people who were in a minivan near the crash were treated for minor injuries.
Federal authorities started investigating the incident because the plane crashed near the Pratt & Whitney factory, which was deemed “critical infrastructure.”
But company spokesman Ray Hernandez said that it did “not appear at this time that any Pratt & Whitney employees or contractors were involved” in the crash.
The FBI did not immediately comment on the investigation.
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