San Diego plane crash
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San Diego County officials identified four of the jet’s six occupants killed in the crash and ensuing fire. One was 42-year-old music agent and certified pilot David Shapiro, who owned the company to which the Cessna 550 Citation II was registered.
An investigator had said both runway lights and a weather notification system at the airport were out before the fatal crash that killed six.
The San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office identified two more people who died after a small plane crashed in the Murphy Canyon neighborhood early Thursday morning.
National Transportation Safety Board investigators at the scene where a small plane crashed in Murphy Canyon on Thursday, May 22, 2025. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating Thursday’s plane crash near the intersection of Sample Street and Salmon Street.
A plane crashed into the Murphy Canyon neighborhood Thursday morning, forcing at least 100 people to evacuate.