Global Courant
Six people were killed early Saturday when their plane crashed near French Valley Airport in Riverside County, the area’s second fatal accident in the past four days.
The Cessna 550 plane crashed into a field near Briggs and Auld roads in Murrieta at 4:16 a.m. and immediately burst into flames, according to a tweet from Cal Fire and the Riverside County Fire Department.
All passengers on board were pronounced dead at the scene.
According to the fire department, the plane came from Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.
The crash comes four days after one person was killed and three injured after a plane hit the side of a building near French Valley Airport, authorities said.
The single-engine Cessna 172 crashed shortly after takeoff from the airport, according to the county fire department. No one on the ground was injured.
Both crashes are under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration.
