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Small plane crash kills two

SAN DIEGO -- A small plane crash Saturday killed two people in a rural, hilly part of northern San Diego County, authorities said.

State fire Capt. Steve Foster said the single-engine Beech Bonanza 35 crashed off Highway 79 in the Warner Springs area shortly after 1:30 p.m.

Two people on board died. There was no fire, and nobody on the ground was hurt.

Ian Gregor of the Federal Aviation Administration said that the plane was registered to a Las Vegas resident but that it had departed from Chino.

It was unclear where it was heading.

Warner Springs has a gliderport, but Foster said he didn't know whether the plane was being used to tow a glider.

The crash occurred about 40 miles northeast of San Diego.

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