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10 dead as plane slams into house near Manila

MANILA: Investigators stand next to the bodies of victims killed after the twin-engine plane crashed into a house just after take-off.—AFP

MANILA: A small passenger plane carrying five people crashed into a house shortly after take-off north of Manila on Saturday, killing all those onboard and five people on the ground, officials said.

The Piper-23 Apache plane took off from the airport in Plaridel town in Bulacan province then crash-landed and smashed into the house, Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines spokesman Eric Apolonio and police said.

All five Filipinos on board the six-seat plane were killed, and the crash killed five people on the ground, Plaridel police chief Supt. Julio Lizardo said by phone. The crash ignited a fire in a house that was hit by the aircraft, he said.

Two other people on the ground were injured by burning debris, Lizardo said. The cause of the crash was not immediately known.

Witnesses said the plane hit a tree and electric post before slamming into the house.

TV footage showed parts of the plane wreckage and the shattered walls of the house at the still-smoldering crash site.

Published in Dawn, March 18th, 2018

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