United States: Small plane crashes in parking lot of California mall, all five on board killed
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash.
All five people aboard a small plane were killed when it crashed in the parking lot of a shopping centre near Anaheim, California, on Sunday, The New York Times reported.
The plane was going to the nearby John Wayne Airport when it crashed around 12.30 pm (1 am Indian time on Monday) near the South Coast Plaza shopping mall, authorities said. The plane hit an unoccupied parked car.
The authorities have not yet identified those killed.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash.
A Cessna 414 aircraft declared an emergency and crashed into a mall parking lot near the the @JohnWayneAir in Santa Ana, CA today at 12:28 p.m. PDT. The #FAA will investigate and the @NTSB will determine the cause of the accident.
— The FAA (@FAANews) August 5, 2018