California small plane crashes upside down, 2 occupants survive and refuse medical treatment

Two radical walked distant from a tiny level clang successful south cardinal California aft the craft landed upside down.

First responders were called to the country Sunday greeting connected the southbound broadside of East Lerdo Highway successful Shafter, California, adjacent the Minton Field Airport, the Kern County Fire Department said connected Facebook. 

The level was located upside down "in the mediate of a rootlike tract with nary fume oregon occurrence visible," the section said. 

"Firefighters rapidly gathered tools and aesculapian instrumentality and made their mode to the wreckage. Arriving astatine the plane, they were relieved to find some occupants safely retired of the craft and refusing immoderate aesculapian treatment," the department's station added.

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Kern County Fire Department said they responded to the tiny level clang astatine 11:17 a.m. connected Feb. 9, 2025. (Kern County Fire Department/Facebook)

The country was handed implicit to the Shafter Police Department aft it was determined determination were nary further passengers to assistance and nary contiguous hazards.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the origin of the crash. 

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Two radical wrong the level that landed upside down got retired safely and refused aesculapian treatment, the Kern County Fire Department said. (Kern County Fire Department/Facebook)

Several aviation incidents person occurred astir the globe successful caller weeks. 

Just days ago, a tiny level crashed successful São Paulo and claimed 2 lives. Last week, the remains of 10 radical who were successful a commuter level that crashed disconnected the coast of Alaska were recovered.

On Jan. 31, an ambulance level transporting a young miss who had conscionable received life-saving attraction crashed connected a thoroughfare adjacent the Roosevelt Mall in Philadelphia, sidesplitting each six radical connected committee and 1 idiosyncratic successful a car portion injuring others. 

Sunday's tiny level clang occurred adjacent Minter Field Airport successful California, occurrence officials said. (Google Maps)

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A midair collision connected Jan. 29 successful Washington, D.C., betwixt an American Airlines level and an Army Black Hawk chopper claimed 67 lives. 

Fox News Digital's Alexandra Koch and Landon Mion contributed to this report.