Two people are dead after a small plane crashed at Van Nuys Airport in Southern California and erupted in flames Wednesday morning
An Eyewitness News helicopter stationed at the airport witnessed the crash, about 150 feet away. The cameraman who was on the tarmac also attempted put out some flames with a fire extinguisher.
Responding firefighters quickly put out flames that engulfed the single-engine aircraft. According to the Federal Aviation Administration registry, it was a SportCruiser out of Crescent Aviation in South Carolina.The airport was shut down after the crash, but it has since been reopened for general aviation.
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