Tributes paid to tragic NI woman killed in New York seaplane crash

Tributes have been paid to a NI woman who died tragically in a seaplane crash in New York on Sunday.

It has been reported that nurse Margaret (Maggie) O’Neill (61) from Co Armagh was one of two passengers in a Cessna 182 Skylane seaplane piloted by restaurateur Joe Oppedisano (61) that ploughed into a concrete pier near Throgs Neck Bridge in Queens.

Pictures published online from New York show the plane as badly broken up.

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According to the New York Daily News, her partner of 20 years Jose Urena (66), a skyscraper crane mechanic, was also badly injured along with Mr Oppedisano.

Both men are being treated in hospital.

A family notice said that Ms O’Neill (nee McGinley) was a loving mother to Brendan and Christopher and partner of Jose.

On Sunday New York Fire Department posted a picture of the crash on their Twitter feed witht he caption “Photo of FDNY members operating at the single engine plane crash scene at Riverside Drive and 158 St on the Long Island Sound in Queens.”

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