About the Terrible Small-Plane Crash Over I-287 in

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About the Terrible Small-Plane Crash Over I-287 in New Jersey James Fallows Dec 21 2011, 1:54 PM ET Tweet More Email Print (See update below.) The first reaction to news of the crash yesterday over I-287 in New Jersey, in which a married couple in their 40s, their two children, and a friend in his 30s all died (plus a dog), is the overwhelming tragedy of it all. I am so sorry for everyone affected by this loss. Anyone who has been touched by such events knows that their effects fade but never really go away.The second is of course to wonder how it could have happened -- in a Socata TBM 700 that,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], while it may sound small because it is referred to as "single-engine," is in fact a very robust and capable turbo-prop airplane. As always, it will take a while to know. But it will be very surprising if the answer does not involve in-flight icing. As a reminder, icing also played a crucial part in the Colgan commuter-plane crash in Buffalo nearly three years ago, and in the Air France 447 crash over the Atlantic