Five Killed When Plane Breaks Apart, Drops Parts on California House
The inferno was caught on video.
Joshua Nelson/via Reuters
A small plane broke apart in midair Sunday, killing five people and setting a California home ablaze. “It was a boom. It sounded like something exploded. It shook our house,” John Wolbart told the Associated Press. The twin-engine Cessna 414A with only a pilot aboard took off from Fullerton Municipal Airport and quickly started coming apart, according to witnesses who saw it on fire before it plunged into a Yorba Linda backyard. Four occupants of the house were killed, along with the pilot, authorities said. Two other people were hospitalized with moderate injuries.
Wow | #BREAKING - NEW PIC: 1st look at the small plane that crashed into the backyard of a Yorba Linda, CA [via Instagram user PappaPatron] pic.twitter.com/q5MxmERzwD
— Shawn Reynolds (@ShawnReynolds_) February 3, 2019
A plane crashed in my neighborhood MInutes who #yorbalinda #planecrash #abcnews #cnnnews #news pic.twitter.com/ApabRhrWfB
— Joshua Nelson (@JoshuaRNelson) February 3, 2019
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