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Photo credit: Truckee Police Department
The number of passengers and crew on a plane that crashed near the Truckee-Tahoe Airport is unknown at this time, according to police.
Posted: Jul 26, 2021 3:30 PM
Updated: Jul 26, 2021 4:59 PM
Posted By: Brandon Downs
TRUCKEE, Calif. - A plane that was approaching the Truckee-Tahoe Airport crashed Monday afternoon, according to the Truckee Police Department.
The Truckee Fire Protection District said a fire broke out but was able to contain the fire. The fire department said it was a small fire near the Ponderosa Golf Course.
Police said the initial report came in at 1:20 p.m. in the area of Reynold Way.
By Pilar Wolfsteller2021-07-26T23:26:00+01:00
A Bombardier Challenger 605 business jet has crashed on approach to Truckee-Tahoe airport in northern California.
According to local media news reports on 26 July, the twin turbo jet went down into a heavily wooded area near the airport, sparking a small fire. Truckee police say that no structures or persons on the ground were harmed in the crash.
Source: Bombardier
A Challenger 605 business jet has crashed in northern California
The FAA says that it and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating the accident.
“A Bombardier CL 600 jet crashed while the pilot was attempting to land at Truckee-Tahoe Airport in Truckee, California, around 1:18pm local time Monday,” the FAA says. “We do not know how many people were aboard.”
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Washington, DC Metro System Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research
Here’s some information about Washington, DC’s subway system, generally called the “Metro.” The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority operates Metrorail, the third largest heavy rail system in the United States, and oversees the country’s sixth largest bus system.
Facts
Ridership on the rail system in FY2020 totaled approximately 132.6 million trips (compared to 175.3 million in FY2019). For the bus system, the total was 96.3 million trips (compared to 123.9 million in FY 2019) and 1.8 million trips on MetroAccess, the paratransit service (compared to 2.3 million in FY2019). The decrease in ridership is attributed to the coronavirus pandemic.