4 killed in small plane crash in California

Four people died in a plane crash incident Wednesday noon at Corona Municipal Airport, 75 kilometers east of Los Angeles downtown, U.S. state of California, local authorities said.

The crash was reported at 12:11 p.m. local time on the east side of the airport, according to Corona Police Department. The plane with four on board crashed to the ground after turning off and burned on fire in the brush.

Corona firefighter John Deyoe was quoted by the local Press-Enterprise news organization as saying that there were no survivors in the fatal incident.

Ian Gregor, spokesman of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), said the agency will investigate the crash.