Archive · 8 Sep 2026
San Diego Plane Crash Kills Two After Miami Cargo Disaster
A small plane crashed at an airport in San Diego and caught fire.
Two people died in that crash.
Firefighters put out the flames but had to clean up leaking fuel.
The airport was closed while emergency workers investigated.
Officials had not yet explained whether the plane was landing or taking off.
The National Transportation Safety Board will study what happened.
The San Diego crash came shortly after a different cargo-plane accident in Miami.
That accident killed five people after the plane ran past the end of a runway.
A small Cessna plane crashed and caught fire at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in San Diego around 5:21 p.m. Monday.
Two people died in the San Diego crash, but authorities had not publicly identified them.
The Federal Aviation Administration temporarily closed the airport while crews extinguished the fire and handled a fuel leak.
The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate, while the circumstances of the crash, including whether the plane was landing or taking off, remained unclear.
The San Diego crash occurred within 24 hours of a Miami International Airport accident involving an Amazon-branded Boeing 767-300 cargo plane that killed five people.
- Who
- Two people died in the San Diego crash; the Miami accident involved two crew members and killed five people overall.
- What
- A Cessna plane crashed and burned at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport, while an Amazon-branded Boeing 767-300 overran a runway in Miami.
- When
- The San Diego crash occurred around 5:21 p.m. Monday; the Miami crash occurred on Sunday, within 24 hours earlier.
- Where
- The first crash occurred at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport in San Diego, California; the second occurred at Miami International Airport.
- Why
- The cause of the San Diego crash was not yet known. The Miami accident involved the cargo plane overrunning a runway.
- San Diego airport
- Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport
- San Diego crash time
- About 5:21 p.m. Monday, local time
- San Diego fatalities
- Two people
- Airport response
- The Federal Aviation Administration ordered the airport closed temporarily.
- Investigation
- The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the San Diego crash.
- Miami aircraft
- An Amazon-branded Boeing 767-300 cargo plane operated by 21 Air
- Miami fatalities
- Five people