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2 killed when plane crashes into neighborhood near New Jersey airport

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TETERBORO, N.J. — Two people died Monday afternoon when the plane they were flying in crashed into a residential neighborhood less than a mile from New Jersey's Teterboro Airport, according to multiple reports.

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Police told WPIX that the pilot and co-pilot of a Learjet 35 were killed in the accident. The Federal Aviation Administration said the crash happened about 1/4-mile from the airport in Carlstadt around 3:35 p.m.

Video posted to social media showed heavy, dark smoke coming from the scene of the crash in Carlstadt, just outside the airport.

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