update from AP, including a little more info on pilot
[QUOTE]83-year-old in California plane crash was passionate pilot
March 2, 2017
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) -- The 83-year-old man at the controls of a plane that crashed into two Southern California homes had loved to fly and had taken to the skies for many years, family members said.
Nouri Hijazi had flown a group of five that included his wife and daughter from their home in San Jose to watch his granddaughter's cheerleading competition at the Disneyland Resort, but just after takeoff on the return trip his small Cessna hit the houses in residential Riverside, killing him, his 67-year-old wife Dana Hijazi and 22-year-old family friend Adine Farelas, authorities and family members said.
There were no immediate indications of what caused the crash.
"He was an extremely experienced pilot, which was his hobby, his passion," Christy Crown, sister-in-law of the Hijazis' daughter Stacey Pierce, said in a statement Wednesday.
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Dana Hijazi, the pilot's wife, was a pilot herself and a native of Poland. /QUOTE]
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Also appears, from the full AP story, that the two other passengers were adult females, not teens. (Hence five adults on plane, not 2 adults and 3 teens.)
One pax reportedly is in 'stable condition' after surgery; while the second sustained "severe" injuries.
Last edited by Passenger 389; 2nd Mar 2017 at 22:28.
Reason: add info on pax (all adults, not teens)