Bangladeshi girl killed in US plane crash

A 21-year-old Bangladeshi girl was killed and two men were injured following a plane crash in US western state California.

The deceased is Shayra Nur Lamicha, daughter of a captain of Bangladesh Biman Zakir Hosen Panna, hailing from Dhaka. She was the student of American Aviation Academy.

Priyatosh Saha, a Consul General of Bangladesh in Los Angeles, confirmed the matter to the Jagonews24.com.

According to the Daily Mail Online, the small plane took off as an instructor-student flight from an aviation school in San Diego on Monday afternoon.

But it crashed around 30 miles away, in rough terrain in the Cleveland National Forest, near Ramona Airport, at around 2.30pm local time.

The two survivors, aged 28 and 25, climbed out of the wreckage and got to higher ground, where they used their cell phones to call for help.

It is not yet known what caused the Cessna 172 aircraft to crash.

CAL Fire spokesman, Isaac Sanchez, confirmed that the woman, a passenger, died at the scene.

A witness, who saw the plane go down, called 911 immediately but it took rescuers in a helicopter about an hour to find the wreckage.

The plane, which had taken off from the American Aviation Academy at Gillespie Field, was located in a remote and inaccessible area.

The surviving student and instructor were rescued and taken to hospital where they are being treated for minor injuries.

The Federal Aviation Administration will be investigating the crash, CAL Fire said.