By Associated Press - Monday, May 15, 2017

CARLSTADT, N.J. (AP) - The Latest on a jet crash near a New Jersey airport (all times local):

10:40 p.m.

Surveillance video from a nearby business shows the moment a jet crashed near a small airport outside New York City and burst into flames.

The Learjet 35 went down Monday afternoon near Teterboro Airport, killing both crew members. No one else was onboard the aircraft, which was coming from Philadelphia.

The surveillance video shows the moment of impact and then a huge fireball. Clouds of thick black smoke spewed into the air. A man can be seen running across the parking lot toward the crash site.

Authorities say three buildings were involved in the crash, though only two sustained major damage. Thirteen cars in the surrounding parking lots also were damaged.

No injuries were reported on the ground.

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10:05 p.m.

Authorities say three buildings were involved in the fatal crash of a jet near a small New Jersey airport, though only two sustained major damage.

The crash Monday afternoon near Teterboro Airport killed both crew members. No one else was on the Learjet, which was coming from Philadelphia.

Police in Carlstadt say two of the buildings sustained fire damage mostly to their exteriors. The third structure, the town’s public works building, didn’t sustain any fire damage, but wreckage was strewn across the building’s parking lot.

Authorities say 13 cars in the parking lots of the three buildings were damaged.

No injuries were reported on the ground. The National Transportation Safety Board will inspect the crash scene Tuesday.

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9 p.m.

A jet that struck a building and crashed while trying to land at a small airport near New York City was registered to an address in Montana.

Authorities say Monday’s crash in Carlstadt, New Jersey, killed two crew members and sparked a fire that sent thick, black smoke spewing into the air. They say no passengers were aboard and no one on the ground was injured. The cause of the crash is being investigated.

The plane was registered in Billings, Montana, to a company called A&C Big Sky Aviation, which has a residential address.

The owners of the residence are Daniel and Julane Wells. There’s no answer at their residence.

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7:45 p.m.

Flights are being allowed to depart again from a small New Jersey airport that was shuttered after a deadly jet crash. But no inbound flights are being allowed to land at Teterboro Airport, just outside New York City.

Police say two crew members were killed but no passengers were aboard the Learjet 35 when it went down Monday afternoon in Carlstadt, not far from the airport.

A Carlstadt police spokesman says the plane appeared to be listing before it hit a building in an industrial area and crashed.

No one on the ground was injured.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

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6 p.m.

Authorities say everyone on the ground in the areas where a jet crashed near a small airport outside New York City are accounted for and uninjured.

Carlstadt, New Jersey, Mayor Craig Lahullier said all of the town’s employees already had left for the day before the plane crashed near its public workers building. He called it a miracle.

Police earlier said two crew members aboard the plane were killed in the crash.

The Federal Aviation Administration reported that the jet left Philadelphia and went down in Carlstadt.

Deputy police Chief Thomas Berta said everyone in the buildings in the industrial area were accounted for.

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4:55 p.m.

Weather forecasters had issued a warning about strong winds minutes before a jet crashed outside New York City, killing two crew members.

The cause of the crash is under investigation. But the National Weather Service warned of strong winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph just before the crash Monday at 3:30 p.m.

Police say that two crew members were killed, but no passengers were aboard the Learjet 35 when it went down near Teterboro Airport in New Jersey.

A Carlstadt police spokesman says that the plane appeared to be listing to its side before it crashed into a building in an industrial area.

It’s not clear if anyone on the ground was injured.

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4:40 p.m.

Police say that two crew members have been killed in a jet crash near a small airport outside New York City.

Police in Carlstadt said that there were no passengers aboard the Learjet 35 when it went down around 3:30 p.m. Monday near Teterboro Airport in New Jersey.

The Federal Aviation Administration reported that the jet left Philadelphia and went down in an industrial area in Carlstadt.

The cause of the crash is under investigation

A Carlstadt police spokesman says that the plane appeared to be listing to its side before it went down.

Town spokesman Joe Orlando says the plane crashed into a building in an industrial area.

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4:15 p.m.

Authorities say a jet has crashed at a small airport outside New York City, sparking a fire that sent thick, black smoke spewing into the air.

It wasn’t immediately known how many people were aboard the Learjet 35 when it went down around 3:30 p.m. Monday near Teterboro Airport in New Jersey. It also wasn’t clear if anyone on the plane or on the ground had been killed or injured.

Emergency responders reached the scene a short time later and were working to extinguish the blaze.

The Federal Aviation Administration reported that the jet left Philadelphia and went down in Carlstadt.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

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