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The crash
occurred at around 11 a.m. when a twin-engine Sabreliner
collided with a single-engine Cessna 172 over an area located
two miles (3 km) from Brown Field Airport in San Diego county,
said a spokesman for the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
At least four passengers were found dead at the scene, Cal Fire
spokesman Nick Schuller said.
Debris from the collision landed in a field west of the airport
and caused a 2-acre (8,000-sq meter) brush fire that was put out
by firefighters who responded to the scene, according to
Schuller.
Authorities do not yet know the total number of passengers that
were aboard both flights. No one was injured on the ground, but
a firefighter was taken to the hospital for heat exhaustion,
according to Schuller.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will
investigate what caused the crash, an FAA spokesman said.
(Reporting By Elizabeth Dilts in New York and Brendan O'Brien
in; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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