Federal investigators work to determine cause of deadly San Diego plane crash [View all]
Source: PBS News/AP
May 23, 2025 6:48 PM EDT
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The weather alert system and runway lights weren’t working at a foggy San Diego airport where a private jet was planning to land before it crashed into a neighborhood, but the cause of the crash remains unclear, officials said Friday.
Dan Baker of the National Transportation Safety Board also said investigators haven’t determined a cause of Thursday’s crash that likely killed all six people aboard.
Baker said the weather alert system at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport was down at the time of the crash due to an unrelated power surge. He said the pilot instead got weather information from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar about 4 miles (6.44 kilometers) north, but he was aware of the fog. The runway lights were also down. The plane crashed about 2 miles (3.22 kilometers) from the airport.
Music talent agent Dave Shapiro, and two unnamed employees of the music agency he co-founded, Sound Talent Group, were among the dead along with the former drummer for metal band The Devil Wears Prada. Shapiro, 42, had a pilot’s license and was listed as the owner of the 1985 Cessna 550 Citation that plowed into the neighborhood of U.S. Navy housing shortly before 4 a.m. Thursday.
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