Six people were killed after a small plane crashed into the ocean off the coast of San Diego on Sunday, the authorities said. The plane, a twin-engine Cessna 414, crashed about three miles west of Point Loma, San Diego, at about 12:45 p.m. local time, the Coast Guard said on social media.

Six people, including a pilot, were killed in a small plane crash off the San Diego coast on Sunday afternoon, June 8.

“Mayday, mayday, mayday, mayday!” the pilot responded, according to air traffic radio transmissions recorded on LiveATC.net. It appeared to be his last transmission before the twin-engine aircraft crashed about 5 miles off the coast about 12:30 p.m.