Authorities say six people were killed when a small plane crashed and burst into flames in a field near a Southern California airport
MURRIETA, Calif. — — Six people were killed when a small plane crashed and burst into flames in a field near a Southern California airport before dawn Saturday, authorities said.
The crash of the Cessna C550 business jet occurred around 4:15 a.m. in Murrieta, about 80 miles southeast of Los Angeles, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. It took firefighters more than an hour to extinguish the flames, which had engulfed the plane and charred about an acre of vegetation just north of French Valley Airport, said the Riverside County Fire Department.said in a statement. The victims were not immediately identified.The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate.at the small county-owned airport in Murrieta, home to about 112,000 residents.
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