Adine Farelas, 22, Nouri Hijazi, and Dana Hijazi dead, two injured after small plane crashes into two homes on Rhonda Road and Dewey Avenue in Riverside, California

Modified Date: 
Mon, 03/20/2017 - 8:00pm
Accident Date: 
Monday, February 27, 2017

At least 1 dead after small plane crashes into Riverside home

Officials said the crash happened near Rhonda Road and Dewey Avenue. It appeared that three homes were impacted by the crash. Fire officials said four people were reported missing and one person was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.  

One dead, 5 hurt after plane crashes into 2 homes in Riverside

Four people were aboard the plane, and two of the victims were pulled from one of the burning homes, Riverside Fire Department Capt. Tyler Reynolds said. It was not immediately clear whether the dead person was from the plane or one of the homes.      The Cessna 310 aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from Riverside Municipal Airport, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said. The plane was headed for San Jose when it crashed about a half-mile northeast of the Riverside airport.

Four dead after small plane crashes into homes in California

In a press conference on Monday night authorities said four people have died in connection with the crash.

The Cessna 310 crashed about a half-mile northeast of the Riverside Municipal Airport, according to Ian Gregor, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman. It had departed from Riverside en route to San Jose.

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Authorities initially said four people died, and that the critically injured victim was a resident of the homes. They later reduced the death toll to three and said all five victims had been on the plane. They have not given the ages or identities of the victims.

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The Cessna 310 crashed shortly after take-off from Riverside Municipal Airport, 60 miles east of Los Angeles. All of the passengers were from San Jose - in the area for a cheerleading event at Disneyland.

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Nouri Hijazi, the owner of the Cessna 310, was described as being an experienced pilot who was an avid traveler along with his wife, according to a neighbor in San Jose.

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D&D Airport Café co-owner Delmy Pennington said she didn’t know what attracted her attention to the green Cessna 310. But she noticed that when the pilot was unable to start the plane initially, the plane taxied to the terminal and all five people got off.

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"It's the second time that it's happened. We don't want to go for a third time," said Melissa Najera, 31, who lives next door to one of the Rhonda Road homes destroyed in Monday's crash.

Relatives identify victims, survivors of Riverside plane crash

Relatives have identified members of two San Jose families as the three people killed and two people injured Monday when the small plane they were on crashed into a Riverside neighborhood, according to news reports.

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The family of three victims of a tragic small-plane crash in Riverside on Monday, all from San Jose, released a statement to media voicing their “devastation” over what happened and asked for prayers and privacy.

Engine problems, smoke hint at cause of Riverside plane crash

They said it's likely a combination of factors -- among the possibilities: mechanical failure, weather and the human factor -- will be shown to have contributed to the accident that took three lives and left two other people in critical condition.

People Involved: 
Adine Farelas
Nouri Hijazi
Dana Hijazi
Silvia Farelas
Stacey Pierce

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