Wayne Hanson said this morning that rescue crews set out early this morning looking for the plane. Sheriff’s officials said search and rescue teams located the crash site around 10 a.m. on private timber company in the Cranell area of Humboldt County, which is located to the north of McKinleyville.
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At least two people are dead after wreckage of a small medical transport plane was found Friday in northern California.
Officials with the medical company said the plane was carrying a pilot, a flight nurse, a transport medic and a patient when it went missing.
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“Radar contact with the aircraft was lost about 5 miles northeast of Arcata Airport”, states the press release.
Four people were believed aboard, the FAA said in a statement.
The plane was about 360 miles from Crescent City, near the OR border, when the pilot declared an emergency around 1am. The plane departed from Crescent City Airport, Jack McNamara Field, for Oakland International Airport at approximately 00:29 AM PST today.
The National Transportation and Safety Board has been notified.
According to Wharton, this may be the first plane crash in Cal-Ore Life Flight’s 20 year history. Although the site is still being investigated, it seems clear that as the plane descended it crashed into a number of trees.
We are working with the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office who leading the search efforts.
Don Wharton, REACH Director of Business Relations, said Friday he could not provide the identities of those on board or other details.
It wasn’t immediately clear why the plane was headed for Oakland or the nature of the ailment of the patient on board.
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Authorities say they have recovered all four bodies from the wreckage of a small medical transport plane that crashed in Northern California early Friday.
