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Plane crashes into Tokyo suburb
The small plane crashed in the residential district of Chofu, near a school, sports stadium and shopping plaza. Local media said its passengers may have been pilots-in-training.PHOTO: REUTERS
PUBLISHED4 HOURS AGO
Three killed; homes and cars set ablaze in accident that happened just after take-off
TOKYO • Three people were killed yesterday when a small plane crashed into a Tokyo suburb shortly after take-off, leaving nearby homes and cars ablaze and the charred remains of the fuselage lying in a burnt-out residence.
The Piper PA-46 single-engine propeller aircraft with a 36-year- old pilot and four passengers on board crashed at about 11am, shortly after leaving Chofu Airport, on the outskirts of Tokyo, public broadcaster NHK reported.
A spokesman for Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department said: "Two people from the airplane are confirmed dead and one, believed to be a local resident, has died. Three people from the airplane and two others on the ground were injured. Their condition is unknown."
Local media reports said earlier that two men, including the pilot, and a woman on the ground were killed in the fiery crash.
At least three houses and two cars were on fire in the residential district of Chofu, just some 500m from the airport.
FEROCIOUS SMOKE
At first I thought a large truck had crashed into a neighbouring house as I felt the ground shake, and then I saw this ferocious smoke.
A FEMALE WITNESS
The crash also damaged the roofs of other houses nearby, while the fuselage was left upside-down in the charred remains of a home.
A female witness said: "At first I thought a large truck had crashed into a neighbouring house as I felt the ground shake, and then I saw this ferocious smoke."
Television footage showed firefighters battling the blaze. The
Plane crashes into Tokyo suburb
The small plane crashed in the residential district of Chofu, near a school, sports stadium and shopping plaza. Local media said its passengers may have been pilots-in-training.PHOTO: REUTERS
PUBLISHED4 HOURS AGO
Three killed; homes and cars set ablaze in accident that happened just after take-off
TOKYO • Three people were killed yesterday when a small plane crashed into a Tokyo suburb shortly after take-off, leaving nearby homes and cars ablaze and the charred remains of the fuselage lying in a burnt-out residence.
The Piper PA-46 single-engine propeller aircraft with a 36-year- old pilot and four passengers on board crashed at about 11am, shortly after leaving Chofu Airport, on the outskirts of Tokyo, public broadcaster NHK reported.
A spokesman for Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department said: "Two people from the airplane are confirmed dead and one, believed to be a local resident, has died. Three people from the airplane and two others on the ground were injured. Their condition is unknown."
Local media reports said earlier that two men, including the pilot, and a woman on the ground were killed in the fiery crash.
At least three houses and two cars were on fire in the residential district of Chofu, just some 500m from the airport.
FEROCIOUS SMOKE
At first I thought a large truck had crashed into a neighbouring house as I felt the ground shake, and then I saw this ferocious smoke.
A FEMALE WITNESS
The crash also damaged the roofs of other houses nearby, while the fuselage was left upside-down in the charred remains of a home.
A female witness said: "At first I thought a large truck had crashed into a neighbouring house as I felt the ground shake, and then I saw this ferocious smoke."
Television footage showed firefighters battling the blaze. The
