Good afternoon. Sergeant Cook Cook
with the Annapolis might prompt
Police Department PIO office.
Just before 4:00 o'clock today officers
with IM PD and I FD both responded to
the area of the 4100 block of Weaver Ave.
reference a plane that had
crashed into the ground.
At this point in time,
we do know is a very small aircraft that
has crashed along the railroad tracks.
We do know of at least one
person inside the vehicle.
That person has been pronounced
deceased here at the scene.
Right now, we do expect the railroad
to remain closed for several hours.
This investigation is going
to go on into the night.
The Federal Aviation Administration,
National Transportation and Safety Board
are both in route to this location where
they will begin their investigation
on this aircraft that has crashed.
Right now,
we don't believe that there's any
outstanding threats to the neighborhood.
There isn't any type of chemical
spills or anything along with
that that comes with normal.
Crashes of airplanes,
we don't know if anybody else is
involved and we don't know what
exactly happened that led up to it.
That's all going to be investigations
going to start early today or later on
today once the federal federal partners,
once they get here.
One thing that we are asking for
now is that anyone in the area that
would have solved something maybe
if you have a ring camera or some
type of video that where they had
seen what happened with the plane
that's going to be helpful for them.
Our federal partners,
while they're doing our investigation,
we do some have some I MPD
investigators that are on their way
to this location to assist them.
They will be collecting evidence and
marking it and starting to take things.
This investigation will go on into the night.
So we're asking everybody Please
be patient with us.
Please avoid the area if you can.
Of course you know this is a little bit
further back and off the main drag,
but we want to make sure that we
get the the investigators enough
room to do their job. Any questions?
If it was a man or woman right now, I can't.
You know one because you know,
if it is somebody that knows
the whoever was in that plane,
I won't give them their respect.
Do you know if there was any radio
traffic with the plane before it went out?
Yeah, that's one thing that,
you know,
the federal partners are going to
be able to establish.
We do not have that information.
That of course will come from wherever
the airplane was based out of.
So
we know where this plane took off,
from, where it was heading. That part
I don't know. Those are still
the things that the FATF.
FAA is going to be able to determine
and you know once they're able for all
the information they'll be able to give
us more just alright broader terms.
I mean obviously there's residential
neighborhoods on this side on that side
how lucky I mean that this claim we
are you know and hopefully you know that
person that was flying this plane at the
time thought of those things when you
know maybe they just discovered they
were having troubles whatever it may be.
If they discovered that that they
did make sure that they did not
hit any houses you know.
As best as they could, you know,
preliminarily we do know that,
you know, you don't believe that
there's any damage to any other house.
You know, out of all the areas right here,
that was probably
a prime area to actually try to either
land it or if they had to crash it.
And then just to clarify
that one person inside
that right now, that's all that we know.
Of course, you know, the wreckage is extra,
you know, extreme on this so you know,
the federal partners are going to have to
come and do a lot of. Investigating to
find out and get into that, you know,
we try to stay out of it as much as
possible. I FD was here. They did
their due diligence to make sure that
they didn't find anybody else in there.
So you said the train tracks,
one of the neighbors said the train
tracks will be closed for several hours.
So does that mean that train
back there is going to stay
put? That train could be stay put.
That's going to be up to CSX.
We have notified them and advise
them that this is going to be
closed for extended period of time.
In fact, we've made two phone calls to
them just to make sure that they knew.
We do not expect this to be
open in the next couple hours.
Thank you. Thank you.
Thank you. Thanks.
That's you guys.
I see.
Straight down I come over here.
Help.
And I woke up.
What he said that he heard it there
on Southport and the spotter.
That's what I do.
You could see it.
No, you're fine. I'm just gonna.
She's got a live shot of five, OK?
I'm just going to back up a little bit.
What the fire department said.
He was coming.
Yeah, they got my statement.