EAST HARTFORD, Connecticut - The deadly crash of a small plane that struck a utility pole near the Connecticut River in East Hartford appears to have been intentional, according to investigators and the surviving witness. 
 
 The crash appeared to have been a suicide attempt by the student, and terrorism was ruled out, the official, who wasn’t authorized to speak publicly, told The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity. 
 
 In a statement Tuesday afternoon, the National Transportation Safety Board announced it had turned over the investigation of the crash to the FBI because their probe so far “indicates the crash is the result of an intentional act.” 
 
 
 
 Gov. Dannel Malloy said on Wednesday that the situation concerned him. 
 
 “As a nation, we have had to adjust to this new reality, we recognize that people almost always wonder if someone meant to do us harm, but we must exercise caution without jumping to conclusions before discovering all the facts,” Malloy said. 
 
 Police said there were two sets of controls aboard the plane that crashed around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and left the flight instructor with serious burns and the student on board dead. Two people in a minivan were also taken to a hospital with minor injuries. 
 
 The instructor pilot remains hospitalized with serious burns. CBS Hartford affiliate WFSB reports that sources identified him as Arian Prevalla. 
 
 The instructor described the student pilot as disgruntled about learning to be a pilot, the U.S. official said. 
 
 The deceased has been identified to both CBS News and WFSB as Feras M. Freitekh, a Jordanian national who first entered the U.S. in 2012 on a student M1 visa to fulfill a course of study for flight school. Freitekh returned to the U.S. in 2016, also on a student M1 visa, to attend the same flight school, an immigration official tells CBS News. 
 
 East Hartford police Lt. Joshua Litwin told reporters Wednesday that he didn’t know who was controlling the plane when it crashed on a road. 
 
 Prevalla’s social media pages indicate he’s president of the American Flight Academy and a managing member of the Hartford Jet Center, both based in Hartford. The pages say he is from Albania and lives in Hartford. 
 
 On LinkedIn, Prevalla said he received a bachelor’s degree in aviation science from Mountain State University, a now-defunct university in Beckley, West Virginia. 
 
 Freitekh lived in the Chicago suburb of Orland Hills since 2013 and received a private pilot certificate last year from the Federal Aviation Administration, public records show. 
 
 East Hartford Mayor Marcia Leclerc said Wednesday that the survivor of the crash near a military jet-engine manufacturer told authorities that it was intentional. Leclerc cautioned that the information has not been confirmed. 
 
 “It’s troubling,” Leclerc said. “But I also know that stories change and information can be skewed. We’re waiting for the facts to come out.” 
 
 East Hartford police asked the FBI to assist the investigation because it happened near Pratt & Whitney, which makes military and commercial jet engines. Chief Scott Sansom called the jet engine maker “critical infrastructure.” 
 
 “The path that the plane took could have been much worse. So we’re very fortunate in that sense,” Sansom said. 
 
 The Hartford Courant reports that the Cessna took off from Hartford’s Brainard Airport on Tuesday with a student pilot and an instructor on board. It struck a utility pole in East Hartford and crashed around 4 p.m., bursting into flames. 
 
 The Piper PA 34 twin-engine plane crashed on Main Street in East Hartford at around 3:30 p.m., according to the deputy police chief. Main Street was shut down between Brown Street and Ensign Street. Drivers were being asked to avoid the area, CBS affiliate WFSB reports. 
 
 Two people were in a nearby car when the plane crashed on Main Street, police said. Authorities said the car occupants were traumatized from the crash and were taken to the hospital. The car they were in was never hit by the plane. 
 
 Officials said the plane originated from a local flight school. The Federal Aviation Administration said the aircraft was on final approach to a runway at Brainard Airport. ||||| Play Facebook 
 
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 A small plane that crashed in East Hartford, Conn., was brought down on purpose, investigators said Wednesday. 
 
 East Hartford police Lt. Josh Litwin told reporters Wednesday that investigators had concluded that the crash Tuesday afternoon was "an intentional act" but that that hadn't been able to determine a motive. 
 
 "All windows are open at this point," he said. 
 
 Feras Freitekh in an undated photo. Kenatha Abernaty via NBC Connecticut 
 
 A senior federal law enforcement official told NBC News that moments before the crash, the student pilot of the Piper PA-34 Seneca, identified as Feras M. Freitekh, was arguing with his instructor. There was no immediate evidence that the incident was linked to terrorism, the official said. 
 
 A U.S. official familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press that the crash appeared to have been a case of suicide. Both the National Transportation Safety Board and the FBI are part of the joint investigation, authorities said. 
 
 Freitekh struck a utility pole and wires, knocking out power to a residential East Hartford neighborhood and causing a fire to engulf the aircraft, witnesses told The Hartford Courant. 
 
 Freitekh died at the scene, federal officials told NBC News. The flight instructor — identified as American Flight Academy owner Arian Prevalla — crawled from the burning plane and was in fair condition Wednesday at Yale New Haven Bridgeport Hospital, a spokesman told NBC News. 
 
 Litwin said local and federal investigators had been able to interview Prevalla. 
 
 The plane took off from Hartford-Brainard Airport south of downtown Hartford, authorities said. It crashed near the offices of defense contractor Pratt & Whitney, which manufactures jet engines, and was attached to a nearby flight school, police told NBC Connecticut. 
 
 Litwin wouldn't confirm the identities of relationship of the two people on board, telling reporters that the investigation was "extremely active" and "still in its infancy." 
 
 Witnesses race toward a small plane crash Tuesday afternoon in East Hartford, Conn. Nancy Blackmer -- NBC Connecticut 
 
 The plane wasn't initially believed to have had a "black box," or flight data recorder, on board. It hadn't been determined whether there were any security cameras in the area, but Litwin said that because the plane crashed at a busy time of the day, multiple witnesses had submitted cellphone video, which he said was being reviewed. 
 
 Authorities searched Freitekh's Hartford-area home but didn't find anything to indicate terrorism, and he was not in any terrorism databases, according to officials. The FBI plans to seek a search warrant for any of Freitekh's electronic devices. 
 
 In a statement to NBC Connecticut, Deputy Hartford Police Chief Brian Foley confirmed that an investigation was under way at a nearby apartment complex near where the crash. 
 
 #EastHartford fire officials say it appears 2 people were in the plane that crashed and pilot was taken to hospital https://t.co/hwcuzJKT9L pic.twitter.com/U15624lHGo — NBC Connecticut (@NBCConnecticut) October 11, 2016 
 
 Litwin added that the twin-engine aircraft had two sets of controls, but he wouldn't confirm who was flying. 
 
 Pratt & Whitney said its employees or contractors weren't involved in the incident. But company workers, who left their jobs Tuesday to see the smoldering wreckage, returned to their morning shifts Wednesday still shaken. 
 
 "I saw the plane going low," Gregory Bell told the Courant. "It was too low." 
 
 By the time he got down to the street, Bell said, he heard the crash.
– The feds are now on the case of a plane that crashed in Connecticut Tuesday afternoon, killing its student pilot, NBC News reports. The only other passenger aboard was the instructor, IDed by a local hospital as Arian Prevalla, who survived, per an anonymous law enforcement official. The FBI is now speaking with him to find out if the plane was intentionally downed, East Hartford police Lt. Joshua Litwin tells CBS News, and they're also checking out the background of student pilot Feras M. Freitekh, who is said to be from Jordan. East Hartford Mayor Marcia Leclerc tells CBS that the instructor told authorities the crash was intentional. The Piper PA-34 Seneca aircraft, which officials say came from a nearby flight school, slammed into a utility pole and burst into flames around 4pm EDT, injuring two people in a minivan on the ground (their injuries are said to be minor). Police say there were two separate sets of controls for the twin-engine plane, but Litwin says it's not clear who was actually piloting it at the time of the crash. He said at a Wednesday press conference that the probe is "extremely active" and "still in its infancy" and noted that every option is still on the table, including the crash being an accident. CBS reports that it discovered Freitekh is a Jordanian national who first came into the US in 2012 on a temporary M1 student visa to attend flight school, though that changed to an F1 (a longer-term study visa) when he attended a Toledo language school, then back to an M1 at some point. Prevalla is said to be in critical condition, per a hospital spokesman.