Plane crash in California: Authorities have confirmed that several people on the plane that crashed early on Thursday have died.
According to Dan Eddy, Chief Assistant of the Fire Department, they will be checking if the plane collided with a power line. The Defense Department said no one at the base was hurt.
Details & Casualties of Plane Crash in California
Both police and fire officials in San Diego say the plane may have held up to 10 people, though they are still checking for details on the number of people aboard. No one on the ground was hurt in any way during the incident, according to Assistant San Diego Fire Chief Dan Eddy.
As the jet fuel went down, it destroyed all the cars parked on both sides of the street, according to Eddy. You can tell by the footage that every car was on fire along both streets.
Officials in San Diego have not revealed any information about the plane that crashed, saying only that it originated from the Midwest.
A Cessna Citation II jet from Colonel James Jabara Airport in Wichita, Kansas was planned to arrive at the Montgomery-Gibbs Executive airport in San Diego at 3:47 a.m., according to the Flight Aware site.
All those who perished were on the plane, not in the neighborhood, according to Dan Eddy, Assistant Fire Chief of Emergency Operations at a Thursday press conference. Officials have not yet released information on how many passengers and crew were on the plane.
Some houses have burned to the ground and a single car fire that won’t put out because “there’s something wrong with the tank,” according to Eddy, who described the site as crazy in his news conference.
A search for victims and any remains of the plane is ongoing as part of the response. People were being moved to a school nearby and Ottawa police will visit each home to check if anyone is inside, said Eddy.
Jennifer Hoffman, who lives not far from the accident, said, “I was nearly asleep and a flash outside woke me.” I actually mistook it for lightning and checked the weather to see if anything fit with what was happening. I then heard many loud pops and realized lightning couldn’t be doing that. Downstairs, I checked through the door and could see the street right behind us was a bright red. I had a really awful time.
The plane smashed into a group of homes and cars which caught fire instantly and continued down the road, Eddy told reporters.
Seconds before touching down around 3:45 am. the Federal Aviation Administration says the small private jet crashed.
While on a flight from Kansas’ Wichita to Montgomery Gibbs Executive Airport, the plane crashed. At the time the FAA last contacted the plane, it was flying about 500 feet above the ground.
Just after 3:45 a.m. on Thursday, May 22, a Cessna 550 crashed near Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in California. Details about the number of people involved are not clear at present, according to the FAA.
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There had been no mayday message alerting authorities to the crash. The last the crew heard was the pilot letting everyone know via radio that they were about to land 3 miles out. The tower was not accessible at that hour because it is normal procedure.
People are being asked to stay away from Sculpin Street and Santo Road while the crews are working. Yesterday, the SDPD confirmed emergency workers were at the scene of an accident in Tierrasanta.
On X, the SDPS official asked the public to stay away from the area and urged everyone who spots jet fuel or debris to notify the authorities. People were moved out of Salmon Street, Sample Street and Sculpin Street. The area around Aero Drive was blocked on Santo Road southbound too.
Authorities have not released any information on the kind of plane it was, but said it was flying from the Midwest. According to the flight tracking site, it was a Cessna Citation II jet coming in from Colonel James Jabara Airport in Wichita, Kansas, to Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in San Diego.
Officials said the plane was only at the airport to refuel and will not stay long. It all started with a flight from Teterboro, New Jersey, on Wednesday night, says FlightAware. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement: “At this time, the number of people involved in the crash is not known.”
Both the FAA and NTSB will look into what happened. The investigation will be led by the National Safety Transportation Board and they will give updates when they become available.
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