Crime & Safety

Woburn Plane Crash: Cause Being Investigated

Mayor Scott Galvin said it was a "miracle" no one on the ground was injured. The cause of the crash is under investigation.

WOBURN, MA — Two people were killed when a small plane crashed in the woods behind a home on Minchin Drive late Saturday morning. The victims were identified as Michael Graver, 65, and Jodi Cohen, 52, both of Manhasset, N.Y.

The cause of the crash is not known. The National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA are among the agencies investigating. Foul play is not suspected.

No one on the ground was injured when the plane crashed shortly after 11 a.m., something Mayor Scott Galvin called a "miracle."

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Graver was an experienced pilot, the Middlesex District Attorney's Office said.

The plane, a 2006 Columbia LC41, took off from Republic Airport in East Farmingdale, N.Y. around 9:30 a.m. It was headed toward Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, but crashed about 4 miles away.

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Neighbors described to WCVB an explosion that "sounded like the end of the world."


A small plane crash in Hanson last month killed one man and paralyzed his brother from the waist down. The same airport saw a second crash days later, but the pilot suffered only minor injuries.

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