What we know about the plane crash, which killed 6, including alternative music manager Dave Shapiro

San Diego (AP) – A Plane crash In San Diego, who killed six people, including the groundbreaking alternative music manager Dave Shapiro, the private aircraft approached an airport whose runway lights were in heavy fog, the investigators said.

It could take a year to clarify exactly what happened to the plane and plunged into a neighborhood shortly before Thursday at 4 a.m. However, the investigators know that there were thick fog, problems with the runway lights and a system with broken weather, Dan Baker said from the National Transportation Safety Board.

Shapiro's death fascinated The heavy metal and hard rock scene that emerged from the punk movement. The music agency, which he followed with the co -followed, Sound Talent Group, represented groups such as Pierce The Veil, Parkway Drive, Sum 41, but also ventured into more pop acts such as Hanson and Vanessa Carlton.

Baker said on Friday that the pilot and the passengers of the aircraft were killed in the crash.

“There was no reason to death or serious injuries,” he said.

The victims

Daniel Williams, a former drummer of the popular Ohio Metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada, as well as two employees of Shapiros Agency: Kendall Fortner, 24, and Emma Huke, 25 were also killed.

A fifth passenger, 36-year-old Celina Marie Rose Kenyon, was also identified by the forensic doctor in San Diego as one of the victims on board the aircraft. Kenyon was not an employee of the sound talent group, a spokesman for the agency, confirmed on Saturday.

The forensic doctor's office has not yet published any information about the sixth victim.

The plane crash

After a stop in Kansas from New Jersey, the plane drove to San Diego. It crashed about 3 kilometers from San Diego from San Diego from Montgomery Gibbs Airport. Eight people on the floor were injured, no serious.

The Cessna 550 quote went down After striking power lines, Baker said.

The aircraft's pilot confirmed that the weather was not ideal and was discussed about another airport. Liveatc.net.

Airport problems

The Federal Aviation Administration recorded an official announcement that the runway lights on the Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport were no longer. The pilot did not discuss this with the controller, but mentioned that he knew that the airport's weather warning system did not work.

“It doesn't sound good, but we'll try it,” he told the air traffic control.

The fog was so thick in the time of the crash that “they could hardly see them in front of them,” said Dan Eddy, deputy head of the San Diego fire brigade.

Officials did not say who flew the plane. Shapiro was performed as the owner of the aircraft and had a pilot license.

A pillar in the music industry

Shapiro42, entered the music industry and played in the band, Count With Stars, and founded with friends in the high school. It was the connections he made more than the music he played that made him successful.

Shapiro helped bring the underground alternative scene of $ 10 to the mainstream in the 2010s. But he was also enormous in creating a community, said Mike Shea, founder of the Alternative Press Magazine.

“In this music industry there are simply too many people who tear down people and use people,” he said. “Dave wasn't like that. He was a beautiful soul and a beautiful person, a manager, just someone who would be an inspiration.”

Despite all his famous customers, Shapiro remained warm, real and interested in bringing new bands to a wide audience.

“He heard every band who put them in front of him to give them a chance,” said Dayna Ghiraldi-Trach, founder of the Big Picture Media of the Public Relations Agency, who worked with Shapiro for over 15 years.

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