Fiery French Valley Airport plane crash kills six in Murrieta, California days after another deadly

May 2024 · 2 minute read

SIX passengers have been killed in a jet accident, marking the second deadly crash at the French Valley Airport in one week.

At around 4.15am on Saturday, a Cessna C550 business jet crashed near the airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

The six people that the jet was carrying were pronounced dead on the scene after the plane burst into flames.

The flight departed from Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, and then crashed into a field near the French Valley Airport in Murrieta, California.

A small brush fire was caused after the jet erupted into flames.

It took crews an hour to put out the flames, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.

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On Tuesday, a father died and his three sons were injured after a plane crashed in southwest Riverside County.

The single-engine Cessna 172 went down shortly after 2pm after taking off from the French Vally Airport.

Four passengers were in the plane when it crashed, according to the California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection.

One of the victims was pronounced dead on the scene and the other three were taken to a local hospital.

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Jared Newman, 39, was piloting the plane when it crashed, a spokeswoman for the fire department told the Patch.

Megan Newman, Jared's wife, confirmed that he died in the crash, but "miraculously my three older boys who were flying with him have survived," on a GoFundMe page for funeral and medical expenses.

She said on the page posted on Wednesday that her children were in stable condition at Radys Childrens Hospital in San Diego.

Megan said Jared saved his boys from his own fate.

She wrote on the fundraiser page: "He made sure he protected over them and brought them safely to me…and that is all I could ever ever want in life."

The identities of the six victims from Saturday's crash have yet to be released.

Saturday's crash is being investigated by the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board.

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