LONG BEACH,Two prominent Long Beach, Calif., real estate developers and a bicycle advocate are among five people killed in the fiery crash of a twin-engine plane at the city's airport.Mike Murchison, who's a local business consultant and spokesman for developer Tom Dean, says Dean, developer Jeff Berger and bicycle advocate Mark Bixby were killed in the crash. The identities of the other two people who died weren't immediately available.Long Beach Plane Crash Video - 5 Dead VIDEO !!
Murchison says another passenger, Mike Jensen, is hospitalized in critical condition.
The Long Beach Airport director says the Beechcraft King Air turboprop had taken off but was circling back when it crashed and burst into flames at about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.A plane crash at Long Beach airport killed five people and injured a sixth on Wednesday, authorities said.
Airport director Mario Rodriguez said the six people were aboard the Beechcraft King Air craft. Five people were pronounced dead at the scene, and one man was rushed to a hospital with critical injuries, he said.
The plane crashed and burned during a takeoff at about 10:30 a.m., Long Beach fire spokesman Steve Yamamoto said.
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