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Investigators Look for Clues in Plane Crash
January 22, 2008
Investigators are looking into Sunday's freak plane crash that killed five people and scattered debris around a populated area of Corona, California.
The two planes seem not to have seen each other before the crash. According to the Los Angeles Times, the sun could be to blame - the glare of the sun is apparently intense at that particular time of the day, and it's possible that the pilots were temporarily blinded by the glare from the sun.
The planes, a Cessna 172 and a Cessna 150, had major damage to their midsections with one plane's wings being ripped right off. That pilot and passenger were ejected from the plane and died. In all, both pilots and their passengers were killed in the collision. The fifth fatality was a man sitting in a Chevrolet dealership who was killed when debris came crashing down into the building.
Debris from the wreck was scattered as far as a thousand yards from the site of impact, and the fuselage of one plane reportedly landed on a car.
The pilots were both licensed. The airport, as is common for smaller airports, does not have a control tower. The lack of a tower means that pilots should signal their intention by communicating with each other. This doesn't seem to have happened in the case of this plane crash.
The accident has shaken up staff members at Corona Municipal Airport who say that theirs is a professionally operated airport, where pilots know the rules and are used to flying in these conditions. Obviously, pilots aren't 100-percent used to flying in these conditions, as is horribly evident from this tragedy. It's bad enough that two pilots and their passengers have died horrific deaths, but the fifth victim, an innocent man sitting in the safety of a building has been made to pay for lax air traffic safety rules.
If you or a loved-one have been injured or killed in or due to an airplane crash, you need the experience of a California personal injury lawyer. Contact an attorney at The Reeves Law Group for a free consultation.
