Small Plane Crashes Into Florida Neighbourhood, Killing 5
Posted July 10, 2007 12:00 pm.
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At least five people are dead and three more are severely burned after a small plane crashed into a neighborhood in Florida Tuesday morning. Authorities say the pilot, a passenger and three people living in the homes were killed when the small twin-engine Cessna 310 lost altitude and smashed into the houses, setting them on fire.
Both homes were almost completely gutted by flames after the plane crashed at around 8:40 a.m.
A fire investigator from the Sanford Fire Department says two people aboard the plane were confirmed dead in the crash and the plane was scattered in several pieces.
The craft was traveling from Daytona Beach to Lakeland , Florida , when the pilot radioed in saying there was smoke in the cockpit.
He was attempting an emergency landing at the Orlando Sanford International Airport , however the plane lost altitude and crashed a few kilometres north of the runway.
The Cessna was registered to a Daytona Beach company linked to NASCAR’s late chairman. A husband of a NASCAR executive and a pilot for the race car circuit have now been confirmed to be among those onboard.
