An Israeli engineer couple was reportedly killed in a plane crash near the California-Nevada border on Saturday evening.
Israeli media The couple was identified as Liron Petrushka and Naomi Petrushka. Liron Petrushka is a former soccer player for Hapoel Ramat Gan Givataim.
In the late 1990s, Liron Petrushka and his wife started a successful technology company. This company was later sold for $242 million. In recent years, the couple was involved in various technology-related endeavors and lived in California.
The area is just north of the Truckee-Tahoe Airport where the plane crashed. (Google Maps)
According to the Truckee-Tahoe Airport, a single-engine TBM aircraft N960LP crashed while attempting to land at the airport in Truckee, California. The plane departed from Centennial Airport in Denver, Colorado, in the early afternoon, according to FlightAware.
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local outlet KCRA-TV coverage It snowed moderately and visibility was half a mile.
Multiple law enforcement agencies were on the scene. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are investigating.
“We are devastated by the news of the tragic deaths of Liron and Naomi Petrushka,” UpWest, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm that Liron Petrushka joined in 2017, wrote on social media. “Our hearts are with the Petrushka family and her sons David, Scott and Jordan.”
Hapoel Ramat Gan Givataim said: era of israel The club said: “We bow our heads at the loss of Liron Petrushka and his wife.”
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The team said, “Liron grew up at the club from the age of 10 and went through every team within the club, including the adult team.” “He played with me on the adult team as well as on the youth team where we won the national championship.”
Truckee is located approximately 30 miles southwest of Reno, Nevada.
