Friday, January 03, 2025

2 Dead, 18 Injured in Plane Crash Into SoCal Building

Security camera video from a nearby business shows the plane was tilted on its side as it dove into a furniture manufacturing building, causing a fiery explosion.

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Two dead and 19 injured in southern California plane crash

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-- Guardian Australia (@australia.theguardian.com) January 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM

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... Two people died and 18 were injured Thursday when a small plane crashed through the roof of a sprawling furniture manufacturing building in Southern California where at least 200 people were working, police said.

The identities of the people who died, and whether they were in the plane or on the ground, was not yet known, said Kristy Wells, a Fullerton police spokesperson.

The plane crashed less than two minutes after taking off from the Fullerton Municipal Airport in Orange County, located just six miles from Disneyland, according to the flight-tracking website FlightAware.

Security camera footage from Rucci Forged, a wheel manufacturer across the street, shows the plane was tilted on its side as it dove into the building, causing a fiery explosion and black plume of smoke.

Firefighters and police arrived on scene and battled the blaze and evacuated surrounding businesses, Wells said.

Chris Villalobos, an airport operations worker, came to the warehouse to see what had happened after receiving a phone call about a plane going down nearby.

He said the owner of the aircraft was a regular at the airport and has frequently taken off from there. ...


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