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July 29, 2016 Plane Crash

By Mark McKenna

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A CHP fixed-wing airplane circles over the area near the crash site of a Cal-Ore Life Flight plane on Friday morning.

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A CAL FIRE helicopter lands at an old nursery on Green Diamond property near the crash site of a Cal-Ore Life Flight plane on Friday morning.

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A Cal-Ore Life Flight vehicle's driver stops to talk with CHP officers near where wreckage from one of their planes was found.

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What appeared to be the engine and propeller of a downed Cal-Ore Life Flight plane lies on a service road on Green Diamond Property north of McKinleyville. According to a press release, the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit and was attempting to return to Crescent City when radio communication was lost and the plane disappeared from radar contact.

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A CHP fixed-wing airplane circles over the area near the crash site of a Cal-Ore Life Flight plane on Friday morning.

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CHP and Humboldt County Sheriffs Office Search and Rescue pass debris from a downed Cal-Ore Life Flight on Friday morning.

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A CHP helicopter lifts of to return to Redding from an old nursery on Green Diamond property near the crash site of a Cal-Ore Life Flight plane on Friday morning.