The State - News from May 4, 1989
A home video found in the debris of a Southland plane crash that killed 10 people from Las Vegas depicts the fatal trip of the victims. Michael Cranson, his wife, Raeann, and their five children were killed when their chartered plane slammed into the Santa Ana Mountains on the border of Riverside and Orange counties on Feb. 19. The family was on a flight from Las Vegas to Orange County for a Disneyland outing. Also killed were James and Cynthia Montano and the pilot, Hassan Baro. The videotape shows the family boarding the plane and shows some scenes inside the plane during flight. It ends with Raeann Cranson saying, “We’re in the clouds right now.” The plane crashed 200 feet from the summit of a mountain in cloudy weather.
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