Pictured: Pilot remembered as a ‘great man’ who loved skiing, surfing and the great outdoors, as authorities identify six victims of fiery southern California plane crash
- Six people who died in a horror plane crash after the pilot tried to make a ‘missed approach’ landing twice because of heavy fog have been identified
- Tributes for one of the pilots Riese Lenders have been flowing online with social media posts showing the 25-year-old loved the great outdoors
- Not much more is known about the other victims as yet. The plane crashed at 4:15 am on Saturday near French Valley Airport in Murrieta, California
Victims of a horror plane crash in which the aircraft burst into flames killing all six people inside have been identified by authorities.
The victims included the pilots, Riese Lenders, 25, of Rancho Palos Verdes and 32-year-old Manuel Vargas-Regalado of Temecula, as well as his wife, 33-year-old Abigail Tellez-Vargas.
Ibrahem Razick and 51-year-old Alma Razick of Temecula and Lindsey Gleiche, 31, of Huntington Beach were also killed.
Pictures and tributes have emerged for one of the pilots, Lenders, who was remembered as a ‘great man.’
‘RIP Riese Lenders we were just getting going young blood! You went out this morning doing what you loved and truly mad you stoked daily,’ one post read.
Pilot Riese Lenders, 25, is among six victims who were identified by authorities who died in a fiery plane crash in southern California
The flight path for the doomed Cessna C550 business jet which left six dead
‘You will be remembered as my friend, my pilot and one hell of a great man! So fun and so in tune with life. You were a pleasure to be around.
‘We will deeply miss your presence. Love all of us here at the Mamelli Family. You were adopted a while ago. I will miss you buddy.’
The 25-year-old appeared to love the outdoors often posting his adventures including skiing, surfing and camping across social media.
Not a lot more is known about the other victims that have been identified as yet.
The flight had left Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas and crashed near French Valley Airport in Murrieta, California, around 4:15 am Saturday.
Pictures and tributes have emerged for one of the pilots, Lenders, who was remembered as a ‘great man’
The 25-year-old appeared to love the outdoors often posting his adventures including skiing, surfing and camping across social media
Lenders appears underwater spearfishing in an old photo on his instagram
The Cessna C550 business jet burst into flames when it crashed and video from the scene showed the charred and smoking fuselage.
The pilot reported to air traffic control that he would be performing a ‘missed approach’ typically used when a pilot cannot clearly see the runway, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a press conference Saturday.
‘Preliminary information indicates the airplane crashed short of French Valley Airport during its second approach around 4:15 am,’ NTSB said.
Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said that ‘deputies located an aircraft fully engulfed.’
‘Six occupants from the plane were located and pronounced deceased at the scene,’ they said.
The flight had left Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas and crashed near French Valley Airport in Murrieta, California, around 4:15 am Saturday
The Cessna C550 business jet burst into flames when it crashed and video from the scene showed the charred and smoking fuselage
It took firefighters about an hour to extinguish the brush fire that ignited after the plane crashed, officials said.
On July 4, a plane crashed at the same airport shortly after takeoff. In that incident, one person died and three people were injured.
Footage showed the Cessna 172 jet upside down after it hit a building near the French Valley Airport. Federal agencies continue to investigate that wreck.
‘There were four occupants on the plane, three were transported by ground ambulance (one with minor, one with moderate and one with serious injuries) and one victim perished at the scene,’ the Riverside County Fire Department said at the time.
