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Small plane crashes near Oceanside; 2 people injured

A single-engine Cessna 208B crashed east of Bob Maxwell Memorial Airfield in Oceanside, Calif. Feb. 24, 2022.

A small plane crashed Thursday afternoon in a field near the municipal airport in Oceanside, north of San Diego.

The pilot and a passenger were taken to local hospitals, said Oceanside Police Department spokesperson Jennifer Atenza. No one else was on board.

The crash was reported at around 12:47 p.m. The Cessna plane went down just shy of the airport's runway and crashed in a field, Atenza said.

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One person was airlifted to a hospital and the other was taken by ambulance. No details were released about their injuries.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

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