San Diego County, California – Authorities near San Diego were responding to a fiery plane crash on Monday night.
The unidentified aircraft went down around 7 p.m. local time near Pepper Dr. and N. Mollison Ave. in the El Cajon-Bostonia neighborhood. Flight records suggest the plane is a Learjet N880Z.
Eyewitness video showed debris from the crash, a large fire and apparent damage to homes.
A plane has reportedly crashed in the Lakside area of San Diego, according to @LakesideFire dispatch reports. The plane allegedly clipped a powerline on its descent causing a power outage and fire. It's unknown if any are injured at this time. 📹: Kelly Ritayik pic.twitter.com/6jcAhSU7hs
— Malik Earnest (@MalikEarnest) December 28, 2021
BREAKING NEWS – Plane crash in Lakeside neighborhood near Pepper Drive and North Mollison Ave. @CBS8 viewer Logen Siminoff took this video moments ago of the smoke, fire. Power is knocked out to area. No word on the fate of the person/people on board 🙏🏻 #lakesideplanecrash pic.twitter.com/vPNuYTgIhN
— Marcella Lee (@MarcellaNews8) December 28, 2021
Air plane crash in El Cajon. San Diego. On pepper and N Mollisson pic.twitter.com/JQ4f0mYexV
— Assafnajem (@assafnajem) December 28, 2021
“We were outside and basically, we heard the plane getting closer. Normally they get loud because we live right by the airport, but it got really, really loud and all of the sudden, we think it could’ve hit our power lines above our house, but we just saw bright blue and orange flashing lights and we heard the electricity running,” Lauren Watling, a resident in the area told NBC San Diego. “And then after that, we heard the plane actually crash. We ran out immediately and there was a ton of smoke everywhere. All we saw was fire and smoke.”
Audio purportedly from the cockpit surfaced online shortly after the crash. In the chilling audio, a pop or bang is heard and then the pilot can be heard communicating with air-traffic control.
The pilot shouts, “Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit! Ahhh!”
Chilling audio of air traffic radio from Learjet N880Z – you can hear the pilot requesting clearance to land then screaming "…oh shit! oh shit!," before the transmission went silent. Authorities confirm the plane that crashed is a Learjet. No official word on fatalities. pic.twitter.com/yGXrSuZJ0A
— Malik Earnest (@MalikEarnest) December 28, 2021
There was no immediate word on how many people were on board. A power outage was also reported in the area.
The is a developing story. Stay with Breaking911 for updates.
