One person was killed and four others injured on Monday after a small plane crashed into a neighbourhood near the airport in Riverside, California, destroying a home and touching off fires in several others, local news media reported. Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, said that a Cessna 310 crashed “under unknown circumstances” about a half mile northeast of Riverside Municipal Airport. Gregor said the plane crashed shortly after taking off from the airport, bound for San Jose in Northern California and that the incident would be investigated by the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board. It was not immediately clear how many people were on board the plane when it took off. According to aviation websites the Cessna 310 is a twin-engine plane that can carry up to six people.

Source: Hindustan Times February 28, 2017 03:41 UTC