Authorities are investigating a aircraft crash that occurred within the San Bernardino Mountains on Saturday night time, officers mentioned.
The dual-engine Gulfstream AC95 crashed at about 8:15 p.m. within the mountains north of Palm Avenue, in keeping with preliminary info from the Federal Aviation Administration. Officers didn’t know the way many individuals had been on board, or whether or not anybody survived.
The distant space is troublesome to entry by foot or automobile, and search efforts had been initially hampered by rain and wind that lashed the realm Saturday night time, officers mentioned.
By Sunday morning, authorities had situated a particles subject north of Satan’s Canyon, and members of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Division Aviation Unit had been on the scene together with search and rescue crews, mentioned Gloria Huerta, a spokesperson with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Division. Rescue employees had been being hoisted down a mountain and making an attempt to hike to the particles subject, she mentioned.
It is a growing story. Verify again for updates as extra info turns into out there.
