Six people are dead after a small plane crashed and burst into flames in Murrieta, California, according to authorities.
The Cessna C550 business jet went down in a field near the French Valley Airport, marking the second crash at the airstrip in one week, according to KTLA. It had been en route from Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.
The Riverside County Sheriff's Office said officers responded to the scene of the accident at 4:15 a.m. Saturday. "Deputies located an aircraft fully engulfed in flames in a field," the sheriff's office said in a press release.The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the incident.
A man was killed and three were injured near the same Southern California airport on Tuesday when a plane struck the side of a building, according to the Associated Press.
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