The authorities were investigating why the private aircraft crashed soon on Thursday in San Diego, killed two people, damaged houses, and lit cars in the largest neighborhood of the US Army’s housing.
At least 100 inhabitants were moved to a nearby elementary school serving as an evacuation center, the police department in San Diego said.
The accident is investigated by the Federal National Council for Transport Safety.
The plane was directed from New Jersey to San Diego after a stop in Kansas. It fell about 2 miles (3 kilometers) from San Diego’s Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport.
The authorities did not share any details of what led to the accident, but stated that they were looking at whether the aircraft cropped the electric line.
During the press conference, two people said in the accident, said fire chief assistant San Diego Dan Eddy. The aircraft could hold eight to 10 people, but it is not clear how many were on board.
The aircraft is owned by Daviation LLC based in Alaska, according to Federal Aviation Administration Records, which also shows that the owner also had at least one address in San Diego and had a pilot license. Associated Press could not immediately reach the owner, his family or merchants.
Hours after the accident, a person who was injured by climbing the window in an attempt to escape, transported to the hospital and treated, said a policeman in San Diego Anthony Carrasco. Another five people from one family were transported by an ambulance for smoke inhalation. Two others were treated for minor injuries at the crime scene.
Also, it was not immediately clear why the plane crashed, even though Eddy said with the fog, “You could hardly see in front of you.”
In the neighborhood, the fragrance of fuel was in the air for hours after the accident, while the authorities tried to extinguish one stubborn fire of the car. Black smoke threw himself.
There were half a dozen fully burned cars and the limbs of trees, glass and pieces of white and blue metal were scattered around. While no recognizable body of the aircraft was visible, the pieces of metal from it were to the street.
Wahl said the jet fuel ran through the street and left everything on fire at once. ”
Christopher Moore, who lives one street from the accident site, said that he and his wife were awakened by a loud bang and saw smoke out the window. The couple grabbed his three young boys and ran out of the house. On their way from the neighborhood they saw the car in flames.
San Diego officials did not immediately release details of the aircraft, but they said it was a flight from the Midwest.
Flightware monitoring states that Cessna Citation II nozzle, which is to arrive at Montgomery-Gibbs Airport in San Diego at 3:47 in the morning from a small colonel James Jabar in Wichita, Kansas.
Wichita’s director said that the plane had stopped there.
The flight was created on Wednesday evening at Teterboro, New Jersey, according to Flightware. This airport is about 6 miles (10 kilometers) from Manhattan and is often used by private and corporate nozzles.
In October 2021, a twin -engine aircraft Plow to San Diego suburbsKilling the pilot and driver of the UPS delivery on the ground and burning houses. He was preparing for landing at the airport.
In December 2008 he slammed into a house in a house in San Diego University City, who killed four people inside. The Maritime Choir accused the crash of mechanical failure and human mistakes.
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