Plane crash in San Diego leaves at least 3 dead
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Two people killed in a plane crash near a Colorado airport last weekend have been identified. The Beechcraft 95 crashed shortly after takeoff from the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield on Saturday Authorities said the pilot told the tower they would need to land the aircraft and that the door to the aircraft was open.
San Diego County officials identified four of the jet’s six occupants killed in the crash and ensuing fire. One was 42-year-old music agent and certified pilot David Shapiro, who owned the company to which the Cessna 550 Citation II was registered.
“Any runway you need. Any runway. You are cleared to land,” Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport’s tower reportedly told the pilot. After repeating the announcement three times, another pilot is heard telling the tower that the plane had crashed.
The crashed plane caught fire, according to a social ... from a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman told CBS Colorado there were two people on board. Also, the plane was a Beechcraft 95.
The plane caught fire after it crashed in a field near Midway Boulevard and Brainard Drive, according to North Metro Fire.