HTN: Residents Complain About Planes

Some area residents are expressing concern that a small local airstrip is not operating safely. Residents say that small planes leaving Buffalo-Lancaster Airport off Walden Avenue are flying too close together, possibly at unsafe altitudes. Planes generally take off in a westbound direction, but turn south, in order to avoid Buffalo-Niagara International's air space, right over a subdivision along Nichter and Pavement Roads. Airstrip owner Tom Gelles, has applied for government grants to extend his runway 23-hundred feet east.

Hometown News: Private Plane Crash Probed

The plane crash that killed two Buffalo attorneys last month may have been at least partly caused by rain and poor visibility. A preliminary report states that pilot Michael Doran was relying only on his instrument panel to navigate the plane because of poor visibility. Doran and passenger Matthew Schnirel were killedon April 28th shortly after takeoff from the County Airport in Richmond Heights, Ohio.

HTN: Small Plane Crashes En Route to Buffalo

Two people are dead after a single-engine aircraft bound for Buffalo crashed near a Cleveland airport. The FAA says the crash happened just after 4 p.m. yesterday about three miles from the Cuyahoga County Airport. Both victims were on board the plane; no one on the ground is thought to have been injured.