9-Year-Old Girl Among 4 Dead in SoCal Small Plane Crash

Four family members, including a 9-year-old girl, died when their small airplane crashed in Agua Dulce, Calif., on Sunday, officials said.The accident was reported at 30511 Briggs Rd. at 10:54 a.m., according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Four people were dead on arrival; all four victims were aboard the plane when it went down. Team USA’s Southern California Winter Olympians in Photos Authorities say the five-seater plane was flying back to the Van Nuys airport from Henderson, Nev.The victims were identified as Tom Hastings, 65; his daughter Amber Hill, 27; her husband Jacob Hill, 25; and Amber’s daughter Madison Hastings-Saxelby, 9. Amber’s brother, Jake Hastings, identified the family members he lost. Free or Cheap Things to Do in Los Angeles “I just know they’re in a better place and there’s nothing we can do to change it,” Jake Hastings told NBC4.Jake Hastings said his father built the Cirrus VK-30 from a kit he received. Of the 50 that were produced, only 9 were built, including his. Welcome to Pyeongchang: A Look Inside the 2018 Olympic Venue He started building his plane in 1990 upon Amber’s birth, but it would be nine years before the plane would finally take off, in a family flight to Las Vegas.The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.Photo Credit: KNBC-TV
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