Six are dead after plane crashes into field and bursts into flames

Six people are dead after private jet crashes into field and bursts into flames – the second deadly crash near the California airstrip in a week

A Cessna C550 business jet had left Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas
The plane crashed around 4:15 am near French Valley Airport in Murrieta, California, on Saturday
On July 4, a plane crashed shortly after leaving the same California airstrip

Six people have died after a private plane crashed into a California field and burst into flames.

The flight had left Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas and crashed near French Valley Airport in Murrieta, California, around 4:15 am Saturday, according to KTLA.

The plane burst into flames when it crashed and video from the scene showed the charge fuselage.

The flight was a Cessna C550 business jet.

There was no word on what caused the crashed or the names of the people who died.

Six people were killed when a private plane crashed near French Valley Airport in California on Saturday

The plane reportedly crashed around 4:15am as it made its second approach toward the airstrip

‘Deputies located an aircraft fully engulfed,’ the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department stated about eh crash. ‘Six occupants from the plane were located and pronounced deceased at the scene.’

It took firefighters about an hour to extinguish the brush fire that ignited after the plane crashed, officials said.

The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the incident.

“Preliminary information indicates…the airplane crashed short of French Valley Airport during its second approach around 4:15 a.m.,” a spokesperson for the NTSB said.

There was no word on what caused the crashed or the names of the people who died.

It is the second airplane crash near French Valley Airport in a week

On July 4, a plane crashed at the same airport shortly after takeoff. In that incident, one person died and three people were injured.

Footage showed the plane upside down after it hit a building near the French Valley Airport. Federal agencies continue to investigate that wreck.

That plane was a Cessna 172 jet

‘There were four occupants on the plane, three were transported by ground ambulance (one with minor, one with moderate and one with serious injuries) and one victim perished at the scene,’ the Riverside County Fire Department said at the time.

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