It wasn’t instantly identified if anybody survived the crash, which was situated in a “vital particles discipline” within the space north of Palm Avenue and Verdemont Drive, east of the 215 Freeway and Kendall Drive, San Bernardino Police Sgt. Christopher Gray mentioned.
Initial calls in regards to the crash got here in simply after 8 p.m. and the plane seemed to be a small twin-engine airplane.
The seek for survivors was hampered by the wet climate and tough terrain. Gray mentioned police, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department and the San Bernardino County Fire Department had been investigating and the crash could have occurred within the county’s jurisdiction. The crash website is a couple of dozen miles northwest of San Bernardino International Airport.
It wasn’t instantly identified how many individuals had been aboard the airplane, the place it was flying from and to and what mannequin the airplane is. A request for remark was positioned with the Federal Aviation Administration.