Small plane crashes in East Palo Alto, California neighborhood, home on fire (Update)
February 18th, 2010 - 12:31 am ICT by BNO News
EAST PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) — A small plane crashed in an East Palo Alto, California neighborhood on Wednesday morning, fire and federal officials said, killing three people.
The plane went down in the area of Beech Street of East Palo Alto, according to an emergency dispatcher. Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), said the plane departed from Palo Alto Airport for Hawthorne Municipal Airport in Southern California. He said the plane was a twin engine Cessna 310, which is capable of carrying a pilot and a maximum of four passengers.
“The airplane crashed under unknown circumstances into a house one mile northeast of the airport shortly after taking off,” Gregor said. “The house is on fire.”
There are reports of widespread power outages in both East Palo Alto and Palo Alto.
Three people were believed to be on board. Local media reports said all people on board were killed.
According to federal records, the 1976-build plane was registered to Air Unique, Inc. based in Santa Clara.
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