A Navy contractor's aircraft caught fire before it crashed off the California coast earlier this month, killing three people on board, federal investigators said Friday.
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The crew of the second plane then saw flames coming from around the rear equipment door of the first aircraft and told the crew to declare an emergency. The troubled plane planned to land at an auxiliary Navy airfield on San Clemente Island and the other jet maneuvered in front to lead it to the field, the report said.Broadcast data from the first airplane showed that it made a series of descending turns and was at an altitude of 1,338 feet and about a half-mile from the island when the information stopped, according to the report.
The Learjet's wreckage was located a mile offshore in about 300 feet of water, and some of the debris showed evidence of a fire before the crash, the report said.
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