Investigators are trying to understand why a small plane crashed into a hovering Pennsylvania State Police helicopter.

A small aircraft carrying two people crashed into the water near Bristol, Maine, on Thursday afternoon, a spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration said. A small plane carrying two passengers crashed into the water in Bristol in a photograph taken at near the Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site on the Pemaquid River.

A spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that the plane crashed Thursday afternoon with 2 people on board.