Two are killed in Chino plane crash
A twin-engine plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Chino Airport on Tuesday morning, killing two people.
The aircraft, identified by Federal Aviation Administration officials as a Beechcraft A100 King Air, was headed to Visalia when it went down at 9:20 a.m. The plane landed upside down in a field that is part of the Herman G. Stark Youth Correctional Facility, less than a mile west of the airport.
The pilot had filed a flight plan and was using navigational instruments, but FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said there was no radio communication after the plane took off.
FAA officials will be looking into whether fog was a factor. The National Transportation Safety Board is also investigating. Late Tuesday, officials at the San Bernardino County coroner’s office were still trying to identify the victims.
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