A World War II vintage P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft crashed into the river Friday, May 27, killing its pilot. NEW YORK—Police divers were expected to begin raising the wreckage Saturday of a vintage World War II plane that crashed into the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey, killing the pilot. NYPD divers in a boat on the Hudson River near the site of small plane crash, Saturday, May 28. Gordon was a veteran air show pilot with more than 25 years of experience, according to promotional material for a Key West air show last month. Scuba divers recovered the body of the pilot, 56-year-old William Gordon, of Key West, Florida, about three hours after the crash.

Source: thestar May 28, 2016 14:15 UTC