A small plane crashed in an El Cajon, California, neighborhood, near San Diego, and video footage has emerged of the December 27, 2021, crash and its fiery aftermath.
You can watch the videos below. One video captures the crash and shows a large flash of light as the plane crashes.
At 11:28 p.m. the night of the crash, the San Diego Sheriff wrote on Twitter, “Watch Commander: @SDSOLakeside is investigating a plane crash in the area of Pepper Dr/N. 2nd St. in unincorporated El Cajon. There are unknown injuries at this time. Sheriff’s deputies, along with @CHP_El_Cajon, @elcajonpolice, @LakesideFire are assisting with road closures.”
About 30 minutes later, the Sheriff’s Department tweeted, “At this time, the fire is out. It will take time to process the scene, but @FAANews & @NTSB have been notified & will handle the investigation of a plane crash in @CityofElCajon. Do you have photos & videos of the plane crash? Do you have media inquiries? Email: witness@ntsb.gov.”
El Cajon is located about 16 miles from San Diego. News anchor Adonis Albright reported on Twitter that there were no survivors on the plane.
Here’s what you need to know:
Live Stream Video Captured the Impact & Wreckage
🚨#BREAKING: New video has just came out showing the plane crashing into San Diego neighborhood
A plane has crashed in a San Diego Neighborhood so far multiple homes are with out power and injuries or deaths are currently unknown. This is still developing
Video captured the plane hurtling to the ground. You can watch videos of the impact above and below. They both show a flash of light, and one shows the plane descending.
In addition to the video showing the plane crashing above, livestream video showed the wreckage at the scene of impact.
According to Fox 5 San Diego, the aircraft that crashed is a “small jet plane” that slammed into a residential neighborhood around 7:15 p.m. on December 27, 2021.
You can listen to audio from the cockpit here, but be aware that it could be considered disturbing, as it captures normal conversation between the pilot and air traffic control before the pilot screams and uses an expletive.
The Times of San Diego reported that the plane “disintegrated on impact” near homes, and that Federal Aviation Administration officials said there were four people aboard the plane.
“There is very little left of the aircraft,” said Fire Chief Don Butz of the Lakeside Fire Protection District, according to the outlet. “We weren’t able to find any survivors.”
The Cause of the Crash Is Not Clear
The cause of the crash is not clear, but the Fox 5 station reported that the plane was traveling to Gillespie Field in El Cajon.
A flight matching the description took off from Santa Ana, California, according to Flight Aware, and was a Learjet. That plane was listed to MED JET LLC. The address listed to that company is El Cajon. The plane crashed a few miles from the airport, according to CBS8.
The outlet shared the following information from an FAA statement released the day after the crash:
A Learjet 35 business jet crashed in a residential San Diego neighborhood around 7:15 p.m. local time Monday. Four people were aboard. The flight departed John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, Calif., and was headed to Gillespie Field Airport in San Diego. The FAA and NTSB will investigate. The NTSB will be in charge of the investigation and will provide all updates. Neither agency identifies people involved in aircraft accidents.
“We were outside and basically, we heard the plane getting closer. Normally they get loud because we live right by the airport, but it got really, really loud and all of the sudden, we think it could’ve hit our power lines above our house, but we just saw bright blue and orange flashing lights and we heard the electricity running,” said Lauren Watling, a nearby resident, to NBC San Diego.
“And then after that, we heard the plane actually crash. We ran out immediately and there was a ton of smoke everywhere. All we saw was fire and smoke.” The television station reported that the plane crash led to power outages.
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