The couple were prominent Israeli technology investors and entrepreneurs living in California.
Israeli tech entrepreneur Liron Petrushka and his wife Naomi have died in a plane crash in California. guardian report. The incident occurred Saturday night when the couple's plane crashed as it was landing at Truckee-Tahoe Airport in Northern California, near the Nevada border.
The plane departed from Centennial Airport in Denver, Colorado, around 4:20 p.m. Saturday, according to FlightAware.
“The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have confirmed that the single-engine TBM N960LP that killed two people at Union yesterday at 6:38 p.m.,” Truckee Tahoe Airport officials said in a Facebook post. We are conducting an on-site investigation into the crash.” Pacific Railroad property south of Glenshire Drive, between the railroad tracks and the Truckee River. ”
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The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the cause of the crash.
Notably, the couple were prominent Israeli technology investors and entrepreneurs who had been living in California for the past few years.according to fox news, Petrushka and his wife founded a successful high-tech company that they later sold for $242 million. In recent years, the couple was involved in various technology-related endeavors and lived in California. Their investments included Check, which was sold to American financial giant Intuit in 2014 for about $360 million, and fintech unicorn Next Insurance.
Upwest, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm that Liron Petrushka joined in 2017, said: “We are devastated by the news of the tragic deaths of Liron and Naomi Petrushka. Our hearts go out to the Petrushka family and their son David. , Scott, and Jordan are with you.”
according to the time of israel, Liron Petrushka is also a former professional soccer player from Israel.
Petrushka's former football team president Einav Hasenwald said: “The club is bowing down to the death of Liron Petrushka and his wife. Liron grew up at the club from the age of 10 and was involved in all teams, including adults.'' I've been moving around,” he said. He played with me in the youth team, where we won the national championship, and he also played in the adult team. ”
They are survived by four children.
