APPLE VALLEY >> A jet crash that killed two people Sunday afternoon had shut down the Apple Valley Airport for at least the next 24 hours, fire officials confirmed.
Reports indicate the crash took place just after 2 p.m. and officials have identified the craft as a L-39 jet, a high-performance jet trainer aircraft developed in Czechoslovakia.
Apple Valley Fire Protection District officials tweeted the airport confirmed two people had died in the fiery crash.
All the flights in and our of the Apple Valley Airport have been canceled as firefighters continue to try to extinguish the crashed jet.
Flights in and out of the airport have been cancelled, fire officials said.
The Federal Air Administration has been alerted to the crash. The FAA will be the lead investigating agency. A cause for the crash has not been released.
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