WCBS 880's 50th Anniversary Takes A Look Back
A CL-600 Challenger corporate jet sits partially inside a warehouse after crashing while trying to take off from Teterboro Airport in February 2, 2005 in Teterboro, New Jersey. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — Today’s Back Story takes us to the morning rush on February 2, 2005.
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A plane taking off at Teterboro Airport crashed through a fence surrounding the runway, traveled across Route 46 and into a warehouse across from the airport. A red light on Route 46 may have diverted a full-scale disaster.
WCBS reporter Peter Haskell remembers what he saw on the scene.