On Monday, February 7, a small twin-engine plane crashed into an RV storage facility close to the San Bernardino Airport. The Los Angeles Times reports that two men were severely injured in the accident.
According to the article, around 11:45 a.m. the pilot reported a problem with the aircraft’s landing gear. He then proceeded to fly past the airport’s traffic control tower to allow airport personnel to look to see whether the landing gear was down. The pilot was told by controllers that the plane’s gear appeared to be down and cleared him for landing. As it circled the airport and approached the airstrip for landing, the plane crashed.
One of the men was found outside of the plane on the ground, and it is believed that he was ejected from the aircraft upon impact. A witness to the crash managed to pull the other man out of the plane before rescue personnel arrived at the scene of the California plane accident. After undergoing surgery at the nearby Loma Linda University Medical Center, the men were reported to be in critical condition as of Monday afternoon. The extent of their injuries has not been disclosed to the public.
The article states that several motor homes were damaged in the aviation accident, but the full extent of the property damage is still unknown. No other injuries were reported in the plane crash. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will be investigating the cause of the accident, and have stated they believe it will take approximately one month to determine its cause.
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