Private Plane Stolen Twice From Different Airports, Ends up in El Monte

Private plane stolen twice from different airports, first in Corona

The Cessna, built in 1958, is painted in bright red with purple, blue, yellow and orange stripes.

Private plane stolen twice from different airports, ends up in El Monte

Jason Hong of Yorba Linda kept his 1958 Cessna Skyhawk at the Corona Municipal Airport, but discovered it missing when he dropped by late last month. The plane turned up two days later at Brackett Field Airport in La Verne. Then it got stolen again. Hong, 75, discovered the second theft when he showed up to work on the plane, from which he previously had removed the battery. “The airplane is missing again. Unbelievable,” Hong said. The stolen pl…

Stolen plane found at San Gabriel Valley Airport, El Monte police say

El Monte Police announced Monday morning they’ve located and recovered a stolen airplane at a Southern California airport. In a social media post shared Monday morning, the department said officers from its overnight “graveyard” patrol shift responded to the airport after learning of a reported aircraft theft. Once on scene, they located the stolen plane on the tarmac. Authorities told KTLA that La Verne Police had notified nearby agencies aroun…

Stolen plane recovered at San Gabriel Valley Airport in El Monte

Investigators are trying to piece together how a stolen airplane ended up at San Gabriel Valley Airport in El Monte Sunday night. El Monte police said that they were told to be on the lookout for a Cessna plane that was stolen from La Verne Airport. Then at around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday, officers and security guards spotted the plane on the tarmac of San Gabriel Valley Airport. When officers inspected the plane, no one was inside, and there were n…

Stolen airplane recovered in El Monte

Information on a suspect was not immediately released.