Team coverage: 2 dead after plane bound for Cuyahoga County Airport crashes in New York

The investigation is underway after a small plane bound for Cuyahoga County Airport crashed near Westchester County Airport in New York, killing two Northeast Ohio men on Thursday evening.

According to Westchester County officials, Binyamin Chafetz and Baruch Taub were flying back to the Cleveland area after attending a funeral. Both men are members of the Orthodox Jewish community.

The single-engine Beechcraft A36 took off just before 5 p.m. with Taub at the controls. The flight was made more challenging due to bad weather in the area.

According to air traffic control recordings, 26 minutes into the flight, there was a call for help. "I am declaring an emergency, Our oil pressure is dropping."

Flight trackers show that in just four minutes, the plane fell over 4,000 feet as it headed toward Westchester County Airport in White Plains, New York. "Mayday, mayday, mayday. I can't see anything out here," the call came out from the plane.

Then, there was a sudden silence.

"I don't have anything from the aircraft right now," said the air traffic controller tracking the plane.

Chafetz's family says that moments before the crash, Binyamin sent a text message to friends saying that said their plane had “lost engines” and asked his community to pray for him. The message further read: “I love you and the kids, I am sorry for everything I have done. We lost engines. Call and have community say Tehillim.” Tehillim is the Hebrew term for the Book of Psalms.

The wreckage of the plane was found just before 11 p.m. in a heavily wooded area about two miles from the runway at Westchester County Airport, Latimer said. The victims' remains were found near the downed plane.