MURRIETA, Calif. (KGTV) - The six victims who died when their plane crashed in Riverside County after it attempted to land at the French Valley Airport for a second time have been identified.
On Sunday, the Riverside County Sheriff's Coroner identified the six victims as Abigail Tellez-Vargas, 33, of Murrieta, Riese Lenders, 25, of Rancho Palos Verdes, Manuel Vargas-Regalado, 32, of Temecula, Lindsey Gleiche, 31, of Huntington Beach, Alma Razick, 51, and Ibrahem Razick, 46, both of Temecula.
The crash happened early Saturday morning in Murrieta when a Cessna C550 business jet en route from Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas crashed short of the French Valley Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, around 4:15 a.m.
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The National Transportation Safety Board said it appeared that "weather was at the minimums for landing at that airport, so the visibility and ceiling allowed for a landing, but it was right at the minimums."
The preliminary report is expected to be published in about two weeks.
