Overview
- A small aircraft went down on a runway at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport and local reports say two people on board died.
- San Diego Fire-Rescue deployed about 30 personnel to the scene to fight a fire on the aircraft and tend to emergency operations.
- The Federal Aviation Administration closed the field while crews worked and other flights were diverted to alternate airports.
- Authorities have not released a cause, confirmed the exact aircraft type or identified the plane’s owner, and social-media accounts reporting an instructor aboard remain unverified.
- Federal and local investigators will lead a formal probe that can take days to weeks to determine what happened and when the airport might reopen.