KTLA reports that three people died after a small aircraft crashed and then caught fire near the Barstow-Daggett Airport in Barstow, CA, on Sunday, March 20.
According to the article, the Cessna 210 plane was traveling from the John Wayne Airport in Orange County to the Henderson Executive Airport in Las Vegas when it crashed at approximately 12:40 p.m. Authorities believe the airplane was attempting to land at the Barstow-Daggett Airport but crashed about a mile east of the airport.
A woman and two children, a boy and a girl, were discovered in the plane’s wreckage. Authorities have not yet released the victims’ names, pending notification of their family. It was reported their bodies were burned beyond identification.
It is not known what caused the airplane to crash, or why it caught fire. The California aviation accident will be investigated by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, along with the National Transportation Safety Board.
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