Six killed as small plane crashes in field near Southern California airport
Six people were killed when a small plane crashed and burst into flames in a field near a Southern California airport, authorities said.
The crash of the Cessna C550 business jet occurred around 4:15 am on Saturday in Murrieta, about 80 miles (130 kilometres) southeast of Los Angeles, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
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.
