San Diego – The music agency group said Thursday that three of its employees, including co -founder Dave Shapiro, died on the private plane that crashed into a San Diego neighborhood.
Shapiro appears as the owner of the plane and has a pilot license, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Shapiro also had a flight school called Velocity Aviation and a record label, Velocity Records, according to its LinkedIn page.
The agency did not share the names of the other two employees who died.
“We are devastated by the loss of our co -founder, colleagues and friends. Our hearts are with their families already affected by today’s tragedy,” the agency said in a statement.
Sound Talent Group has represented artists such as the American pop band Hanson, the American singer and composer Vanessa Carlton and the Canadian rock group Sum 41. Hanson is perhaps better known for her pop success of 1990, “MMMBOP”.
American rock bands such as Rosecolorworld and concrete castles and the Japanese Heavy Metal band, Nemophila, are signed with Shapiro speed discs.
Shapiro also had a flight school, Velocity Aviation.
San Diego authorities said previously that two people had died. The total number of deaths is unknown, but six people were aboard the plane, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The private jet crashed early in a residential neighborhood of the US Navy in San Diego during the fog climate, lighting at least one house and numerous vehicles parked on the street. The plane cut electric lines before hitting the house, said Elliot Simpson with the National Transport Security Board.
Several people were injured while trying to flee after the accident just before 4 in the morning in Murphy Canyon, the largest housing neighborhood in the country’s Navy. Others were treated by smoke inhalation, authorities said.
At least one house was destroyed with its strongly burned front and its roof partially collapsed. Around 10 suffered damage to the place where half a dozen vehicles melted and burned in burned shells.
Ariya Waterworth said he woke up with a “whistling sound” and then saw a giant fire ball outside. She shouted for help when firefighters arrived and helped her go out with her two children and her family dog.
One of the family’s cars was “completely disintegrated”, and the other had extensive damage. His patio was full of plane parts, broken glass and rubble.
“I definitely feel blessed because they have saved us,” he said.
San Diego police officer, Anthony Carrasco, said five people in a single family were taken to a hospital by smoke inhalation after evacuating a nearby school. Another person was treated in a hospital for injuries suffered while leaving a window trying to flee. Two others were treated by minor injuries on the scene.
At least 100 residents were evacuated, police said, with surrounding blocks cordoned off with yellow police tape and control points. The fuel for airplanes rolled along Salmon street hours after the accident. The smell of fuel remained in the air while the authorities worked to extinguish a fire of a stubborn car that sent smoke undulating.
“I can’t put words to describe how the scene looks, but with the fuel for airplanes that went down the street, and all in flames at the same time, it was quite horrible to see,” said San Diego police chief Scott Wahl.
The FlightTAware monitoring site shows Cessna Citation II Jet de Shapiro took off from Teterboro, New Jersey, on Wednesday night and flew to Wichita, Kansas. Simpson said the plane made a fuel stop in Kansas before continuing with San Diego. The New Jersey airport where the flight originated is about 6 miles (10 kilometers) in Manhattan and is an airfield frequently used by private and corporate airplanes.
Audio recorded by www.liveatc.net Includes a brief transmission of the pilot who calls that he was in the final approach of Montgomery-Gibbs airport and was about 3 miles at 3:45 am
Christopher Moore, who lives a street in the accident, said he and his wife were awakened by a strong explosion. They grabbed their three children and ran out of the house. When they left the neighborhood, they saw a car wrapped in flames.
“It was definitely horrible, but sometimes you just have to drop your head and get to a safe place,” he said.
Police officers rescued several animals, including three Husky puppies who were shot in a car. A few blocks away, the families, including Moore’s, were in a parking lot hoping to know when they could return to their homes.
Eddy said he was very fog at the time the private plane crashed in the neighborhood about 2 miles (3 kilometers) from the Montgomery-Gibbs airport. “You could barely see in front of you,” he said.
The city councilor, Raúl Campillo, said the residents told him dramatic stories “about military families that help military families out of their homes, jumping through the windows and avoiding fire.”
FAA said the NTSB will direct the investigation.
At that time and in a hacking climate, the plane probably operated in an instrument flight rules plan, which is generally used during reduced visibility, said Barry Newman, an aviation lawyer certified by the Board.
However, for that airport, once the plane reaches 673 feet (205 meters), the pilot also has to trust his sight.
“If a pilot descends to that level and cannot see the track, you have to ask for a lost approach or deviate to another airport,” said Newman.
In October 2021, a double motor plane Interpreted in a suburb of San Diegokilling the pilot and a UPS delivery driver on the floor and burning houses. He was preparing to land at the airport.
In December 2008, a combat plane of the Marines Corps of the United States crashed into a house in the neighborhood of the city of the University of San Diego, causing an explosion that killed four people inside. Marines’ body blamed the blockade for mechanical failure and human error.
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This story has been updated to correct the spelling of the councilor’s last name. It’s Campillo, no Castillo.
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Associated Press journalists Javier Arciga in San Diego; Christopher Weber in Los Angeles; Kathy McCormack in Concord, New Hampshire; Maryclaire dale in Philadelphia; And Josh Funk in Omaha, Nebraska, contributed to this report.
