Navy contractor jet was on fire before deadly California crash, federal report says
Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys with Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing land on San Clemente Island during air assault training. A Gate...
Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys with Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing land on San Clemente Island during air assault training. A Gates Learjet plunged into the Pacific Ocean near San Clemente Island on May 10 while trying to make an emergency landing at a airfield on the island, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board. (Isaac Velasco/ Marine Corps) SAN DIEGO — A contractor's aircraft caught fire before it crashed off the California coast earlier this month, killing three people on board, federal investigators said Friday.