SAN FRANCISCO (California, US), July 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three people were killed after a small plane crashed off the coast of Pacific Grove in central California on Saturday night, the authorities said.
The private plane, a Beech 95-B55 Baron, took off from San Carlos Airport, about 25 miles south of San Francisco, shortly after 10 p.m., according to Flightradar24, a site that compiles public information about aircraft locations and flight paths.
It was in the air for about 30 minutes, flight data shows, before it crashed into the Pacific Ocean, approximately 200 to 300 yards from Point Pinos, on the southwestern edge of Monterey Bay, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Sunday.
Just before 11 p.m., the authorities in Monterey County alerted the Coast Guard about the crash.
The plane was located and the three people who were aboard were found, Petty Officer Ryan Graves with the Coast Guard’s public affairs office in San Francisco said on Sunday.
As of Sunday afternoon, there was no immediate information about the victims.
The plane crashed shortly ahead of its intended destination of Monterey Regional Airport, which is near the bay and a few miles east of Pacific Grove, which is about 120 miles south of San Francisco.
Petty Officer Graves said that a Coast Guard helicopter, rescue boats from Cal Fire and Monterey County, and units from the Pacific Grove Police Department and Monterey County joined in the operation.
The F.A.A. and the National Transportation Safety Board said they were investigating the crash. — NNN-AGENCIES
