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Small plane crash reported in San Diego neighborhood

 
A Cessna S550 aircraft, the same model reported to have crashed in San Diego area. Photograph: Charles Polidano/Touch The Skies/Alamy

A Cessna S550 aircraft, the same model reported to have crashed in San Diego area. Photograph: Charles Polidano/Touch The Skies/Alamy

A small aircraft crashed in the San Diego, California, area of Murphy Canyon early on Thursday morning, the San Diego police department confirmed, clipping one home and damaging several vehicles.

The incident was reported around 3.47am local time.

“We’re responding to a plane crash in the area of Sculpin Street and Santo Road. Please avoid the area to allow emergency crews to work safely,” said the San Diego police department in a statement.

CBS8 reported the small plane clipped part of one home in the military neighborhood of Tierrasanta, before impacting 15 others and damaging several vehicles. No residents of the neighborhood were reported dead or taken to a hospital, the news station reported. Road closures, including diverting drivers on northbound Interstate 15, were reported.

The Federal Aviation Administration reported a Cessna 550 aircraft crashed at about 3.45am local time near the Montgomery-Gibbs executive airport, with an unknown number of people on board. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash.

Author: Editors Desk

Source: The Guardian

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