We know, but still don't know that the private jet crashes into the San Diego community

Authorities are investigating why a private jet crashed in San Diego earlier Thursday, killing two people, destroying homes and lighting cars in the largest housing community in the U.S. military.

The San Diego Police Department said at least 100 residents were transferred to nearby primary schools as evacuation centers.

The crash is under investigation by the Federal National Transportation Safety Commission.

The plane traveled from New Jersey to San Diego after refueling at a gas station in Kansas. It hit Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport about 2 miles (3 km) from San Diego.

Authorities have not shared any details about the cause of the crash, but they said they are studying whether the plane clamps the power cord.

I don't know who is on the boat

Dan Eddy, assistant fire chief of the San Diego Fire Department, said at a press conference that two people died. The plane can accommodate between eight and ten people, but it is not clear how many people are on board.

The aircraft is owned by Daviation LLC, based in Alaska, which also shows that the owner also has at least one address in San Diego and has a pilot's license, according to Federal Aviation Administration records. The Associated Press cannot contact the owner, his family or business partner immediately.

Hours after the crash, a person injured while trying to escape climbed up the window and was taken to the hospital and being treated. One five people from a family were transported by ambulances to inhale smoke. The other two were slightly injured at the scene.

Even though Eddie said in fog, “You can hardly see your presence, the plane will not crash immediately.”

On the ground, a horrible scene

Nearby, the smell of jet fuel in the air following the crash lingers as authorities work to put out a stubborn car fire. Black smoke rolls.

There were six fully charred cars sitting on the street, with debris of trees, glass and white and blue metal scattered around. Although the apparent body of the plane could not be seen, its large pieces of metal were scattered on the streets.

Wahl said Jet Fuel ran away on the street, “and left everything right away.”

Christopher Moore, who lives in a street at the crash site, said he and his wife were awakened by a loud explosion and saw smoking outside the window. The couple caught three little boys and ran out of the house. They saw a flame on the way out of the neighborhood.

Flight begins outside Manhattan

San Diego officials did not immediately release details about the plane, but said it was flying from the Midwest.

Flight tracking site Flightaware lists a Cessna Citation II jet, scheduled to arrive at San Diego's Montgomery-Gibbs Airport at 3:47 a.m. from the small James Jabara Airport in Wichita, Kansas.

The Wichita Airport Commissioner said the plane stopped there.

According to Flightaware, the flight originated in Titboro, New Jersey on Wednesday night. The airport is about 6 miles (10 km) from Manhattan and is often used by private and corporate jets.

The plane crashed near other San Diego

In October 2021, a twin-engine aircraft was planted into the suburbs of San Diego, killing the pilot and a UPS delivery driver and burning the house. It is ready to land at the airport.

In December 2008, a U.S. Marine fighter jet hit a house near San Diego University Town, killing four people. The Marines blamed the crash for mechanical failures and human errors.