Pictured is a plume of smoke after a plane crashed near the Jamestown airport.

First responders were responding to a jet that crashed near the Jamestown airport around 10:15 a.m. Monday.

STAT-Medivac responded to the scene at 11:02 a.m. after a landing zone was set up. It has been reported there is heavy fire showing from the airplane. The end of the runway reportedly has shrapnel and debris in the area. Firefighters are setting up portable ponds to put out a fire in the area. ATV search and rescue teams are being assembled as well. There were two people in the plane at the time of the crash, both got out of the plane and one has been taken to an emergency trauma center.

Some rescue crews began leaving the scene around 11:15 a.m. and a standby Medivac helicopter was told to stand down at 11:25 a.m.

Early reports indicate the jet left Dunkirk and attempted to make an emergency landing at Jamestown. It was believed to be headed to Florida.

Responding departments include: Jamestown, Falconer, Stockton, Frewsburg, Chautauqua County EMS, Kennedy, Busti, Cassadaga, Kiantone, Ellery Center, Lakewood, Ellington, Sinclairville, Fluvanna, Mayville, and Gerry.

This is the second crash at the airport within the last 14 months.

On June 6, 2023, a single-engine plane crashed at Jamestown’s airport had just performed the second of two touch-and-go landings when it banked left and then right before crashing in a wooded area.

Killed in the Cirrus SR-22 were its owner, 52-year-old Roger Ryall of Toronto, and 52-year-old David Hughes of British Columbia. Ryall was piloting the aircraft.

According to the NTSB, Ryall had been preparing for an instrument rating practical examination that was scheduled for the following week. Further, the two-page preliminary report states, “The purpose of the accident trip was a combination of training and to work on exporting another airplane for sale in the U.S.”

More information will be published as it is available.