San Diego plane crash kills 2 people during landing attempt
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a plane crash in San Diego that left two people dead. Officials said the small plane nosedived and crashed into the runway while attempting to land at an airport last night. A pilot flying nearby described the scene. "It was a lot of black smoke and you know it, it wasn't clear when you're 1,000 feet above it if, if it was a crash or if it was just an engine fire that that happened and they had gotten out," the pilot said. Witnesses tried to put out the fire but said it was too late. The names of the victims have not been released.
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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a plane crash in San Diego that left two people dead. Officials said the small plane nosedived and crashed into the runway while attempting to land at an airport last night. A pilot flying nearby described the scene. "It was a lot of black smoke and you know it, it wasn't clear when you're 1,000 feet above it if, if it was a crash or if it was just an engine fire that that happened and they had gotten out," the pilot said. Witnesses tried to put out the fire but said it was too late. The names of the victims have not been released.
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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a plane crash in San Diego that left two people dead. Officials said the small plane nosedived and crashed into the runway while attempting to land at an airport last night. A pilot flying nearby described the scene. "It was a lot of black smoke and you know it, it wasn't clear when you're 1,000 feet above it if, if it was a crash or if it was just an engine fire that that happened and they had gotten out," the pilot said. Witnesses tried to put out the fire but said it was too late. The names of the victims have not been released.
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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a plane crash in San Diego that left two people dead. Officials said the small plane nosedived and crashed into the runway while attempting to land at an airport last night. A pilot flying nearby described the scene. "It was a lot of black smoke and you know it, it wasn't clear when you're 1,000 feet above it if, if it was a crash or if it was just an engine fire that that happened and they had gotten out," the pilot said. Witnesses tried to put out the fire but said it was too late. The names of the victims have not been released.
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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a plane crash in San Diego that left two people dead. Officials said the small plane nosedived and crashed into the runway while attempting to land at an airport last night. A pilot flying nearby described the scene. "It was a lot of black smoke and you know it, it wasn't clear when you're 1,000 feet above it if, if it was a crash or if it was just an engine fire that that happened and they had gotten out," the pilot said. Witnesses tried to put out the fire but said it was too late. The names of the victims have not been released.
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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a plane crash in San Diego that left two people dead. Officials said the small plane nosedived and crashed into the runway while attempting to land at an airport last night. A pilot flying nearby described the scene. "It was a lot of black smoke and you know it, it wasn't clear when you're 1,000 feet above it if, if it was a crash or if it was just an engine fire that that happened and they had gotten out," the pilot said. Witnesses tried to put out the fire but said it was too late. The names of the victims have not been released.
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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a plane crash in San Diego that left two people dead. Officials said the small plane nosedived and crashed into the runway while attempting to land at an airport last night. A pilot flying nearby described the scene. "It was a lot of black smoke and you know it, it wasn't clear when you're 1,000 feet above it if, if it was a crash or if it was just an engine fire that that happened and they had gotten out," the pilot said. Witnesses tried to put out the fire but said it was too late. The names of the victims have not been released.
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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a plane crash in San Diego that left two people dead. Officials said the small plane nosedived and crashed into the runway while attempting to land at an airport last night. A pilot flying nearby described the scene. "It was a lot of black smoke and you know it, it wasn't clear when you're 1,000 feet above it if, if it was a crash or if it was just an engine fire that that happened and they had gotten out," the pilot said. Witnesses tried to put out the fire but said it was too late. The names of the victims have not been released.