![]() ![]() All arrivals to John Wayne Airport were closed temporarily, but since have reopened, airport officials said. The plane crashed short of the airport runway, Gregor said. One person was holding onto the victim’s legs and the other person held the victim’s shoulders.Ī man is pulled from a plane that had crash-landed on the 405 Freeway in Orange County on Friday morning. “The fire burned the airplane like a toy in less than five minutes,” said Nga Dieu, who was riding in the southbound 405 with her husband and three daughters.Ī video that Dieu made of the crash shows the plane engulfed in flames as two people appear to be dragging one of the victims away from the crash. The plane struck a divider in the southbound 405 - just north of MacArthur Boulevard - and began burning around 9:30 a.m., the CHP said. When she saw the aircraft begin to sway “to and fro,” she knew the pilot was in trouble, she said. ![]() ![]() She saw the plane “above me looking as if it was about to roll,” Stimson said. Suddenly it banked sharply to the right and began losing altitude. A witness, Dana Stimson, said she and her husband were driving south on the 405 Freeway and merging with the 55 Freeway when she saw a small plane take off. ![]()
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