6 victims identified after plane crash at French Valley Airport

MARIETTA WITH MORE ON WHAT WE'RE LEARNING TONIGHT RACHEL. >> KAREEN AND REC ALL 6 VICTIMS WERE FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THEY DIED AFTER THEIR JET PLANE MISSED THE RUNWAY BY JUST A FEW 100 FEET THEY WERE FLYING FROM LAS VEGAS HERE TO FRENCH VALLEY AIRPORT IN MARIETTA, CALIFORNIA. AND TONIGHT TRIBUTES ARE POURING IN AS WE BEGIN TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PEOPLE ON BOARD. >> 6 PEOPLE PERISHED AFTER THEIR CESSNA C 5.15 MISSED THE RUNWAY BY 500 FEET AND CRASHED IN A FIELD NEXT TO FRENCH VALLEY AIRPORT SATURDAY MORNING. THE VICTIMS INCLUDE THE PILOT REESE LENDERS HE WAS 25 YEARS OLD FROM RANCHO PALACE VERDES FRIENDS POSTED TO FACEBOOK SAYING YOU WENT OUT DOING WHAT YOU LOVED AND WHAT MADE YOU STOKED DAILY, YOU WILL BE REMEMBERED AS MY FRIEND, MY PILOT SO MUCH FUN AND SO IN TUNE WITH LIFE. THE SECOND PILOT 32 YEAR-OLD MANUEL VARGAS FROM TEMECULA AND HIS WIFE 33 YEAR-OLD ABIGAIL VARGAS ALSO PERISHED THEY LEAVE BEHIND 5 CHILDREN A CLOSE FRIEND OF THEIRS RIGHTS. YOU GUYS WERE A COUPLE OF ALWAYS LOVED YOUR LOVE WORK ETHIC SUPPORT AND COMPASSION FOR LIVING YOUR DREAMS AND HELPING OTHERS WAS UNMATCHED 46 YEAR OLD ABRAHAM RAZIQ AND HIS WIFE ALL MURRAY SEEK FROM TEMECULA WERE ALSO KILLED IN THE CRASH. THE 6TH VICTIM WAS IDENTIFIED AS LINDSAY 31 YEARS OLD FROM HUNTINGTON BEACH SHORTLY BEFORE LANDING A MARINE AGAIN TO ENVELOP THE AREA WITH THE LOW CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES THE PILOT REPORTED TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL THAT HE WOULD BE PERFORMING A MISSED APPROACH A TECHNIQUE USED WHEN A PILOT CAN CLEARLY SEE THE RUNWAY. THE NTSB SAYS THE PLANE CRASHED ABOUT 500 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. >> DEBRIS FIELD IS ABOUT 200 FEET LONG. >> MOST OF THE AIRPLANE GOOD EXCEPT FOR THE TAIL WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE. >> AND AS YOU MENTIONED THIS IS THE SECOND DEADLY INCIDENT HERE AT THE FRENCH VALLEY AIRPORT JUST THIS WEEK, A MAN WAS KILLED AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAKE OFF ON THE AIRSTRIP THE NTSB SAYS IT WILL HAVE A PRELIMINARY REPORT READY IN THE NEXT 2 WEEKS AND THEN A MORE EXTENSIVE ONE IN THE NEXT 12 TO

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Published: Mon Jul 10 2023