Authorities confirmed Tuesday that four people were on board a plane that crashed into a neighborhood near El Cajon after departing from John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana. There were no survivors.
— Federal investigators continued sifting through the wreckage Wednesday of a business jet that departed Orange County and slammed into a residential neighborhood near El Cajon, while the second of four people who died in the crash was identified.Deputies from the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department’s Santee and Lakeside stations responded to the crash that was reported around 7:15 p.m.
The IAEP “extends sincere condolences for the devastating and sudden loss of Local 162 President Laurie Gentz, her fellow passengers and the Learjet flight crew …,” the post stated. “President Gentz will be greatly missed by all who knew her and all who benefit from her selfless contributions to organized labor in the Greater San Diego area.” the IAEP wrote on the Facebook page.
“It is with heavy hearts that the Oceanside Fire Department and their fire family would like to extend our deepest condolences to our recently retired Chief Ward, his family, and all family and friends of the Aeromedevac flight crew N880Z. Chief Ward’s wife, Tina, was a flight nurse on board of the aircraft that crashed last night in El Cajon,” Oceanside Firefighters Association 3736 posted on Instagram.
The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board were handling the investigation.Rick Breitenfeldt, an FAA spokesperson, said the aircraft departed from John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana with four people on board.