2 dead after small plane crashes while flying out of Chino Airport

2 dead after plane from 1930s crashes at Chino Airport

Two people are dead after a small twin-engine plane crashed shortly after lifting off from Chino Airport Saturday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

The crash was reported at 12:35 p.m. and remains under investigation by the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board. FAA officials describe the aircraft as a twin-engine Lockheed 12A that was built in the 1930s. 

Both of the people onboard the plane died, according to the Chino Valley Fire Department. 

On Sunday, one of the victims was identified by the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department as 67-year-old Riverside man Frank James Wright, the other man has been identified as Michael P. Gilles, 71, of Aliso Viejo. 

No other details have been released by the FAA or the NTSB, both of which will be investigating the crash. 

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