It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Ben (Binyamin) Chafetz and Boruch Taub, who were killed in a crash of a plane that had gone missing near Westchester County Airport.
Both Ben and Boruch were residents of Cleveland, Ohio. They had flown to New York today to attend a levayah.
Boruch, owner of MasterWorks Automotive & Transmission, was the pilot of the Beechcraft Bonanza a36, a single engine propeller plane. He was an experienced pilot and flew the plane often.
Ben, a tech entrepreneur, was his only passenger on the flight. Ben is survived by his wife, Smadar, and their seven children.
Yehi zichrom boruch.
Umacha Hashem dimah me’al kol ponim.
HERE IS THE ORIGINAL MATZAV.COM REPORT, 8 PM ET:
Weather is impacting the search for an aircraft carrying two frum men that lost contact with the ground shortly before approaching Westchester County Airport, Patch reports.
According to New York State Police, the single engine plane was last seen about 1 mile northwest of the airport in the area of the Kensico Reservoir.
A text message from one of the occupants stated: “Say tehillim… we lost engines… Call and have community say Tehillim.”
At least two dive teams are reportedly staging near the water.
The airport declared an emergency after losing contact with the plane on its approach to runway 16 at 5:36 p.m. today, Patch reports. Armonk Fire, Port Chester Fire, Purchase Fire, West Harrison Fire, Rye Brook Fire, Armonk EMS, Harrison EMS, and Port Chester EMS responded.
The NYS Department of Environmental Protection is helping with the search from the water.
“A single-engine Beechcraft A36 crashed after the pilot reported engine issues approximately one mile from Westchester County Airport in White Plains, N.Y.around 6:15 p.m.local time on Thursday, Jan. 19,” an FAA spokesperson said in a statement to Patch. “An unknown number of people were on board. Local search-and-rescue personnel are looking for the aircraft. The plane was traveling from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Cuyahoga County Airport in Richmond Heights, Ohio.”
All are asked to daven for Boruch Yosef Yechezkel ben Sarah Serach Eshka and Binyomin Riyal ben Brocha.
{Matzav.com}
People can live 3 days without water so let’s hope it’s just a miscommunication
Say Tehillim in the public Tehillim Group for Boruch ben Sara and Binyomin Riyal ben Bracha:
https://www.tehillimforall.com/groups/group/?id=gHIp&utm_source=article
‘23 is not a good year. Things are getting worse. Prey, please prey. Forward to the public.
Cease your pointless babbling.
FOR spelling purposes. It’s PRAY…
B D E
Enough with preying!
It’s time to pray.
BARUCH DAYAN HA’EMES.
Hashem Yishmor al Yisroel!
I ahve no words
BDE!
oy! BD”E I’m so so sad and sorry for these families…. It is also frightening to hear his voice over the communications with the FAA. He was so controlled… he was probably panicking inside. But if he was only a mile from the airport; isnt there a way of making an emergency landing route. If he did indeed fly into trees he mustve out of panick or misguidance flown very low. Devastating!
Yes of course there is. I did not listen to the audio, and there will be an investigation, however I saw a photo which seems to imply they crashed into a tree. It was night and bad visibility so I imagine that tragically they did not see the tree until the last moment and having no engine they were committed to landing. The landing lights only help that much when we have no engine and very limited maneuvering available. Also, I don’t know if there was wind. They could have attempted landing on a road, and I would imagine they did not see it because there was not enough car traffic. There will be an investigation and we all will be able to read the conclusions. For now, BDE and perhaps if someone would confirm the plane was rented – please let’s be very careful, all planes do the mandatory maintenance and inspections but some places are way more careful than other. Especially if we plan to fly at night, in bad weather forecast, or on uneven terrain.
BDE! Boruch was a heart of gold always warm and inviting a pleasure to everyone who met him he made a great contribution to our world and we feel the big void, it hurts, may Hashem give the family the strength to continue in his big footsteps and we should only hear good news with the coming of moshiach and techias hameisim quickly!
BDE Horrible. Still shaking. Levaya details? Any hookups?