Six dead as plane crashes into home in Guatemala City

[NickN]

AT LEAST six people have been killed when a twin-engine plane crashed into a home shortly after taking off from Guatemala City international airport, a civil aviation authority said.

The small plane took off heading south towards Belize, "but plummeted when it made a turn towards the left," said the head of the Civil Aviation office, Juan Jose Carlos.

"We still do not know the reason, if it was an engine failure or a pilot error because it was raining when the plane took off," he said.

The plane took off at 5:42am Sydney time and went down seconds later over a house located some 500 metres from the airport terminal.

The crash sparked a fire that destroyed part of the home.

The pilot and the plane's five passengers died in the crash, Mr Carlos said.

I wish they'd let us know what model aircraft it was in their report. Hopefully more details will follow soon.


http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegrap...006003,00.html

[Andrew P]

TYPE: Piper PA-23 Aztec

REGO: TG-ALD

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