Two dead and 19 injured in southern California plane crash
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Plane crashed through roof of manufacturing building were at least 200 were working, police say. Two people died and 19 were injured when a small plane crashed through the roof of a sprawling furniture manufacturing building in southern California where at least 200 people were working, police said.
The people who died were believed to have been on the plane, while those injured were inside the building. The deceased victims will be identified after officials have contacted the next of kin, the Fullerton police department said in a statement. Eleven people were taken to hospitals, while eight were treated and released at the scene, police said. The injuries ranged from minor to very serious, said Michael Meacham, Fullerton deputy chief of fire operations.
Eliott Simpson, a National Transportation Safety Board aviation accident investigator, said the pilot asked for an immediate return to the airport at about 900ft (274 meters) and the tower confirmed it could immediately land. The pilot did not say why he needed to return.
The plane crashed on Thursday less than two minutes after taking off from the Fullerton municipal airport in Orange county, located 6 miles (10km) from Disneyland, according to the flight-tracking website FlightAware. The crash occurred about 1,000 feet short of Runway 24, Simpson said.
