6 Dead in Southern California Plane Crash
Six people were killed on Saturday after a small plane that was traveling from Las Vegas crashed near an airport in Murrieta, Calif., the authorities said.
Emergency responders found the aircraft engulfed in flames in a field outside French Valley Airport, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said. The six occupants were pronounced dead at the scene, the department said.
The identities of the victims were not immediately available.
The crash of the plane, a Cessna C550, was reported around 4:15 a.m. local time. The crash burned about an acre of vegetation before the fire was contained more than an hour later, fire officials said.
The flight had departed from Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which is investigating the crash with the National Transportation Safety Board.
Source: The New York Times
