The investigation is continuing Sunday into the crash of a Cessna business jet that killed all six people on board near the French Valley Airport, the second fatal crash near the airport in four days.
The crash was reported at 4:15 a.m. Saturday near Auld and Briggs roads, the Riverside County Fire Department reported. Deputies found the aircraft fully engulfed in flames in a field. Six occupants were pronounced dead at the scene.Riese Lenders, 25, of Rancho Palos Verdes;Abigail Tellez-Vargas, 33, of Murrieta;Get a weekly recap of the latest San Francisco Bay Area housing news.The burning aircraft caused a vegetation fire of about one acre that was contained at 5:35 a.m.
The flight departed from Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, according to Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson Mina Kaji. Shortly before the twin-jet plane was scheduled to land, a marine layer enveloped the area with low visibility, said Eliott Simpson of the National Transportation Safety Board.
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