Monterey, California – The three people aboard a small twin plane that crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the central coast of California have perished, said law enforcement officials.
The Sheriff’s office in the county of Monterey confirmed late Sunday Sunday, that the three occupants of the plane who had dropped by about 300 meters (275 meters) of Pinos were dead. The officials did not say what led to the accident on Saturday.
Witnesses said he had heard a plane engine turning, then splashing in the water, KSBW-TV reported. Later, people on the shore reported having seen debris wash from the crushed plane.
The 95-B55 baron with two 95-B55 motor engines with three people on board taken off from San Carlos airport at 10:11 p.m. and was last seen at 10:37 p.m. near Monterey, according to flight tracking data from Flightaware.com.
The researchers in a boat found a person around 3 am from the divers found the other two people inside the plane between 6:30 a.m. and 9:15 a.m., the three were not answered, said the Coast Guard.
The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board survey on.
