California small airplane crashes the wrong way up, 2 occupants survive and refuse medical remedy

Two folks walked away from a small airplane crash in south central California after the plane landed the wrong way up.

First responders had been referred to as to the scene Sunday morning on the south facet of East Lerdo Freeway in Shafter, California, close to the Minton Discipline Airport, the Kern County Fireplace Division stated on Fb. 

The airplane was positioned the wrong way up “in the midst of a vegetable discipline with no smoke or hearth seen,” the division stated. 

“Firefighters rapidly gathered instruments and medical gear and made their technique to the wreckage. Arriving on the airplane, they had been relieved to seek out each occupants safely out of the plane and refusing any medical remedy,” the division’s publish added.

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Kern County Fireplace Division stated they responded to the small airplane crash at 11:17 a.m. on Feb. 9, 2025. (Kern County Fireplace Division/Fb)

The scene was handed over to the Shafter Police Division after it was decided there have been no extra passengers to help and no rapid hazards.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the reason for the crash. 

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Two folks contained in the airplane that landed the wrong way up received out safely and refused medical remedy, the Kern County Fireplace Division stated. (Kern County Fireplace Division/Fb)

A number of aviation incidents have occurred across the globe in current weeks. 

Simply days in the past, a small airplane crashed in São Paulo and claimed two lives. Final week, the stays of 10 individuals who had been in a commuter airplane that crashed off the coast of Alaska had been recovered.

On Jan. 31, an ambulance airplane transporting a younger woman who had simply obtained life-saving remedy crashed on a avenue close to the Roosevelt Mall in Philadelphia, killing all six folks on board and one particular person in a automotive whereas injuring others. 

Sunday’s small airplane crash occurred close to Minter Discipline Airport in California, hearth officers stated. (Google Maps)

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A midair collision on Jan. 29 in Washington, D.C., between an American Airways airplane and an Military Black Hawk helicopter claimed 67 lives. 

Fox Information Digital’s Alexandra Koch and Landon Mion contributed to this report.