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14 July 2023
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Murrieta business jet crash kills six, California, US
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Authorities have identified the six California residents who died Saturday when they were on a small plane that crashed after a flight that started in Las Vegas. A spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration, Mina Kaji, said that the Cessna Citation 550 business jet took off from Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas at about 03h15am on Saturday, 8 July 2023, for the 45-minute flight.
The jet crashed about an hour later at French Valley Airport in Murrieta, Southern California, about 130 kilometres southeast of Los Angeles.
All aboard were killed.
Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner Chad Bianco identified those who died as Lindsey Gleiche, aged 31 of Huntington Beach; Riese Lenders, aged 25 of Rancho Palos Verdes; Alma Razick, aged 51 of Temecula; Ibrahem Razick, aged 46 of Temecula; Abigail Tellez-Vargas, aged 33 of Murrieta and Manuel Vargas-Regalado, aged 32 of Temecula.
Bianco did not release other details.
Authorities say fog moved in as the plane neared the runway and the pilot was relying on the instruments on the plane to make the landing. The jet, which can seat up to 13 people, crashed about 150 metres short of the intended runway, said Elliott Simpson, an investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board. Simpson said fire consumed most of the aircraft, sparking a brush fire as it erupted in flames upon impact.
Sources: Associated Press, CBS News
The jet crashed about an hour later at French Valley Airport in Murrieta, Southern California, about 130 kilometres southeast of Los Angeles.
All aboard were killed.
Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner Chad Bianco identified those who died as Lindsey Gleiche, aged 31 of Huntington Beach; Riese Lenders, aged 25 of Rancho Palos Verdes; Alma Razick, aged 51 of Temecula; Ibrahem Razick, aged 46 of Temecula; Abigail Tellez-Vargas, aged 33 of Murrieta and Manuel Vargas-Regalado, aged 32 of Temecula.
Bianco did not release other details.
Authorities say fog moved in as the plane neared the runway and the pilot was relying on the instruments on the plane to make the landing. The jet, which can seat up to 13 people, crashed about 150 metres short of the intended runway, said Elliott Simpson, an investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board. Simpson said fire consumed most of the aircraft, sparking a brush fire as it erupted in flames upon impact.
Sources: Associated Press, CBS News