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Small plane makes emergency landing in Long Island cemetery

Twin-engine plane crash-lands in Long Island cemetery
Twin-engine plane crash-lands in Long Island cemetery 00:23

WEST BABYLON, N.Y. -- A plane made an emergency landing in a Long Island cemetery Saturday.

It happened just before 2 p.m. at Beth Moses Cemetery in West Babylon.

The twin-engine plane was near Republic Airport in Farmingdale when the pilot reported engine trouble, then made an emergency landing.

The pilot and a passenger aboard the plane were taken to a local hospital to be treated for minor injuries.

The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.

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