CA - Two Die in Twin-Engine Plane Crash

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Title: Two Die in Twin-Engine Plane Crash

April 9, 2000

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- A twin-engine jet crashed in western Fresno County Sunday killing the two people on board, the Fresno County Sheriff's Department said.

The names of the men, believed to be from Fresno, were not released.

No one on the ground was injured.

The sheriff's department received a call about 7:15 a.m. that the plane had crashed in a pasture about five miles northeast of the city of San Joaquin, Lt. Dale Caudle said.

Witnesses said the plane appeared to be doing aerobatics when it began to spiral, then gained some altitude before it plummeted to the ground.

Caudle said the aircraft was a former military jet owned by a civilian from Fresno.

The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate.

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