All six passengers aboard One, in the city in California, died and no one on the ground was seriously injured, said an authority from the National Transport Security Council on Friday (23), one day after the accident.
The twin-engine Cessna Citation, who was approaching to land on Thursday morning at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport, hit a few power wires and fell into a military community known as Murphy Canyon, west of a golf course, according to the National Transport Security Council investigator (NTSB), Dan Baker.
“The aircraft crashed into the street and immediately caught fire, destroying the plane and damaging nearby houses and vehicles,” Baker told a press conference.
He said no one aboard the plane survived, but added that no one on land died or was seriously injured.
Causes of the accident
Baker added that the airport’s weather system was inoperative due to an energy oscillation. In addition, the track’s lighting system was at the moment.
Eight people They were treated or near him with minor injuries, according to Candace Hadley, San Diego Fire Department spokesman.
He who added that several residents were fundamental in the safe withdrawal of their neighbors as the fire spread.
Local media identified two of the people on board From the plane as the music industry agent Dave Shapiro, owner of the company in which the plane was registered, and musician Daniel Williams, former devil Wears Prada metal bander.