New York, April 14 -- Six people, including two surgeons, two of their children and the children's partners, were killed after a small twin-engine plane crashed in a muddy field near the town of Copake, New York on Saturday, The New York Times reported.

According to a family member's statement, the plane, a Mitsubishi MU-2B headed to Columbia County Airport near Hudson, was carrying the three couples for a 25th birthday celebration and Passover Seder.

The pilot, Michael Groff, was a neurosurgeon and experienced flyer, and his wife, Joy Saini, was a pelvic surgeon. Their daughter, Karenna Groff, was a medical student at New York University Langone and a former star soccer player at MIT, where she was named NCAA Woman of the Year in 2022....