BREAKING: Small jet crashes into San Diego neighborhood, killing all on board

A jet crash in San Diego occurred Thursday morning. A Cessna 550 crashed near the Tierrasanta neighborhood and destroyed several homes. It was not immediately clear how many people had been aboard the plane.

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From reporting by The New York Times:

A small jet crashed into a residential San Diego neighborhood early Thursday morning, killing the people on board and destroying several homes, officials said. 

Dan Eddy, San Diego’s assistant fire chief, told a news conference that there had been multiple fatalities, all among people on the plane. The number of people aboard was not immediately known.

The aircraft, a Cessna 550, which Mr. Eddy said carries up to 10 people, crashed in Murphy Canyon near the Tierrasanta neighborhood just before 4 a.m. Multiple homes caught on fire and were destroyed, the San Diego Police Department said.

This is a developing story and will be updated as new information is reported.

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