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A Cessna plane carrying six people crashed near the French Valley Airport in Murrieta, California, resulting in the death of all onboard. The plane, which had departed from Las Vegas, caught fire upon impact and burned an acre of brush in the area. The identities of the victims have not been released. This incident is currently under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration.
Jeff Hefner, a retired Southwest Airlines pilot with over 25,000 hours of flying experience, was at the helm of the Cessna Citation 560 that crashed in Virginia, killing all four people on board. Hefner was known as "Mr Safety" during his time with Southwest Airlines. The cause of the crash is still under investigation, but it's believed that the plane lost pressurization, causing everyone on board to lose consciousness. The investigation could take up to a year to conclude due to the extent of the damage sustained in the crash. The owner of the plane, John Rumpel, believes that the plane lost pressurization. Adina Azarian, her 2-year-old daughter, and their nanny were also killed in the crash.
F-16s were scrambled to investigate an unresponsive Cessna business jet that had entered restricted airspace over Washington, D.C. The Cessna subsequently crashed near the George Washington National Forest in southwest Virginia. There were four people aboard the Cessna that had originally taken off from Elizabethton, Tennessee, bound for Long Island MacArthur Airport in New York. The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate what led the Cessna to crash, with some aviation experts speculating that hypoxia may have incapacitated the pilot.