Small plane crashes on 405 Freeway near John Wayne Airport

Emergency responders gather around the crash of a Cessna 310 aircraft on Interstate 405, just short of a runway at John Wayne Airport on Friday.

(Chris Carlson / AP)

June 30, 2017 12:42 PM PT

Firefighters stand by on the southbound lanes of the 405 Freeway where a small private Cessna airplane crashed short of the runway at John Wayne Airport on Friday.

(Don Leach / Daily Pilot)

Emergency vehicles fill the southbound lanes of the 405 Freeway where a small private Cessna airplane crashed short of the runway next to John Wayne Airport on Friday.

(Don Leach / Daily Pilot)

A piece of a small airplane rests on the 405 Freeway where a small private Cessna airplane crashed short of the runway at John Wayne Airport on Friday.

(Don Leach / Daily Pilot)

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