UPDATE: Pilot ID'd in Deadly Hudson River Plane Crash [VIDEO]

By MICHAEL WOYTON (Patch Staff)

UPDATE—Saturday, May 28, 2016, 12 p.m.: The pilot of the vintage World War II plane that crashed into the Hudson River Friday evening has been identified.

FIOS1News.com said William Gordon, of Key West, FL was at the controls of the P-47 Thunderbolt.

His body was recovered about three hours after the fatal crash.

For the complete FIOS1News.com article and video, go here.

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By TOM DAVIS (Patch Staff)

A plane crashed in the Hudson River on Friday, and at least one person was killed in the accident that was caught on video, authorities said.

New Jersey State Police and New York City Police Department were searching for survivors into the evening on Friday.

NBC New York said police recovered a body from the sunken aircraft, a World War II vintage P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft that went down in the Hudson River at about 7:30 p.m., about two miles south of the George Washington Bridge.

NBC also provided video of the crash (see below).

There were conflicting reports from the scene of the plane crash, and the State Police could not confirm that a swimmer in the river was the pilot.

Troopers were on the scene of the accident near West New York in Hudson County and there was no information on the number of occupants, victims or survivors, police said.

NJSP helicopters and boats were on the scene and two NJSP divers were in the water searching for possible survivors

NJSP Marine Units responded to a report of a small, non-commercial aircraft down in Hudson River near West New York and the 79th Street Pier in New York City.

Here is the crash caught on video:

The aircraft was scheduled to perform at the Jones Beach Air Show this weekend, according to NBC New York. The plane was on a photo flight with at least two other planes along the river when there was some kind of mechanical issue.

Diners at Waterside Restaurant in North Bergen told the station that they saw the small vintage plane appear to start landing, then suddenly plunge into the water nose first.

Photo, video courtesy of NBC New York.