By Pilar Wolfsteller2021-07-26T23:26:00+01:00
A Bombardier Challenger 605 business jet has crashed on approach to Truckee-Tahoe airport in northern California.
According to local media news reports on 26 July, the twin turbo jet went down into a heavily wooded area near the airport, sparking a small fire. Truckee police say that no structures or persons on the ground were harmed in the crash.
Source: Bombardier
A Challenger 605 business jet has crashed in northern California
The FAA says that it and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating the accident.
“A Bombardier CL 600 jet crashed while the pilot was attempting to land at Truckee-Tahoe Airport in Truckee, California, around 1:18pm local time Monday,” the FAA says. “We do not know how many people were aboard.”