{"id":100308,"date":"2025-12-18T23:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T23:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/100308\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T23:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T23:14:09","slug":"plane-hijacked-at-van-nuys-airport-in-los-angeles-crashes-into-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/100308\/","title":{"rendered":"Plane hijacked at Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles crashes into building"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">A small plane crashed at a Los Angeles airport early Thursday after a suspect allegedly broke into the facility around 4 a.m. and hijacked the aircraft, according to the Los Angeles Airport Police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The Federal Aviation Administration said the single-engine plane, a Cessna C172, struck a hangar at approximately 5 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities identified the suspect as 37-year-old Ceffeareno Logan, who was arrested on suspicion of burglary and theft of an aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Logan, Cefarreno trespassed a private leasehold and onto Van Nuys general aviation airport gaining access to a Cessna aircraft, causing damage to adjacent infrastructure,&#8221; LAXPD told Fox News Digital. &#8220;LAXPD immediately responded and took subject into custody.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/travel\/new-tsa-policy-charges-passengers-who-do-not-have-acceptable-ids-checkpoints\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NEW TSA POLICY CHARGES PASSENGERS WHO DO NOT HAVE ACCEPTABLE IDS AT CHECKPOINTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/crash-van-nuys.jpg\" alt=\"men stand next to large hole on whole\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>An airplane crash at the Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles left a building with a large gaping hole on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (Sky Fox)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/pregnant-teen-dies-saving-baby-after-ponchatoula-road-rage-shooting-incident-leaves-family-devastated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">PREGNANT TEEN DIES SAVING BABY AFTER PONCHATOULA ROAD RAGE SHOOTING INCIDENT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Los Angeles field office also confirmed to Fox News Digital that federal agents responded to the scene. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to photos from the crash site, the single-engine Cessna C172 appeared to have struck the building head-on, leaving a large hole in the building.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement officials said the plane never made it off the ground, <a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/local-news\/fbi-investigating-report-of-stolen-plane-after-crash-at-van-nuys-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">KTLA reported<\/a>. Investigators believe the plane\u00a0struck the hangar while taxiing, the outlet added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cessna-plane-2.jpg\" alt=\"single engine airplane in building\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>A Cessna plane was moved into a hanger at the Van Nuys Airport following an incident that led it to crash into a wall. (Sky Fox)<\/p>\n<p>The plane appeared to have a damaged propeller after it was removed from the crash site and placed inside a building, footage from SkyFox showed.<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear whether <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/police-and-law-enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">authorities are searching<\/a> for additional suspects in connection with the incident.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cessna-plane.jpg\" alt=\"cessna plane on ground\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>A single-engine Cessna aircraft sits on the tarmac outside a hangar. (Steve Nesius)<\/p>\n<p>Van Nuys Airport is a general aviation airport operated by Los Angeles World Airports.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fox News Digital reached out to the LAX PD and the Van Nuys Airport for more information.<\/p>\n<p>Bonny Chu is a Digital Production Assistant at Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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