US EditionFederal Investigators Comb Site of San Diego Plane Crash in Neighborhood of Military Housing
- A private Cessna 550 Citation carrying six people crashed shortly before 4 a.m. Thursday into a San Diego neighborhood near Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport.
- Investigators have not yet determined the cause, but runway lights and the airport's weather alert system were down due to a power surge amid dense fog.
- The pilot, who flew from Teterboro, New Jersey with stops in Wichita, Kansas, was aware of the fog and obtained weather updates from a nearby Marine Corps Air Station.
- Among the dead were music talent agent Dave Shapiro, co-founder of Sound Talent Group, two employees, and a former drummer for The Devil Wears Prada, with all six aboard likely killed.
- The crash destroyed one home, damaged 10 others, caused no ground fatalities, and prompted officials to continue investigating while reassuring that flying remains statistically the safest mode of transport.
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PBS NewsHour
BizTocFederal investigators work to determine cause of deadly San Diego plane crash
The weather alert system and runway lights weren’t working at a foggy San Diego airport where a private jet was planning to land before it crashed into a neighborhood, but the cause of the crash remains unclear, officials said Friday.
The Trentonian
Runway lights were out as pilot tried to land at foggy San Diego airport before fatal crash
By JULIE WATSON and JOSH FUNK SAN DIEGO (AP) — The runway lights were out, a weather alert system wasn’t working and there was heavy fog at a San Diego airport when a pilot who had flown across the country made the decision to proceed with landing but came up short and crashed into a neighborhood, likely killing all six aboard the aircraft, investigators said Friday. Music executive Dave Shapiro poses for a portrait on Dec. 3, 2024, in Nashville…
Pasadena Star News
Federal investigators comb site of San Diego plane crash in neighborhood of military housing
By JULIE WATSON and JOSH FUNK SAN DIEGO (AP) — Federal investigators on Friday were combing a San Diego neighborhood a day after a private jet carrying a music executive and five others crashed there and are presumed dead. Miraculously, everyone on the ground escaped safely, officials said, including a family of four who fled with their dogs after the aircraft tore off their home’s roof and engulfed it in flames. Music executive Dave Shapiro pos…
Hanford Sentinel
Los Angeles TimesDid thick fog play a role in the San Diego plane crash? What we know about the fatal accident
LOS ANGELES — Six people are presumed dead after a jet airplane crashed into a residential neighborhood in San Diego County on Thursday morning amid dense fog, but investigators have yet to release the names of those aboard.
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