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| Two dead in plane crash in South Bend, Indiana | Two dead in plane crash in South Bend, Indiana |
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| A private jet apparently experiencing mechanical trouble crashed in Indiana on Sunday, hitting three homes and killing two people on board the plane, authorities and witnesses said. | |
| The Beechcraft Premier I twin-jet had left Tulsa, Oklahoma's Riverside Airport and crashed near South Bend Regional Airport, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Roland Herwig said. | |
| The crash injured two other people on board the jet and one person on the ground, South Bend Assistant Fire Chief John Corthier said late on Sunday. Corthier said officials believe everyone connected with the damaged homes had been accounted for and no one was thought to be missing. | |
| South Bend Memorial Hospital spokeswoman Maggie Scroope said three people injured in the crashed were being treated there; one was in serious condition and two were in fair condition. | |
| In South Bend, Assistant Fire Chief John Corthier said the presence of jet fuel from the aircraft had made the situation "very dangerous." The plane was lodged inside a house. | |
| "It's still a rescue operation," Corthier said about three hours after the crash. Referring to one of the damaged houses, he said, "Because of the collapse it's a very dangerous situation. We have to shore up the house before we can enter." | "It's still a rescue operation," Corthier said about three hours after the crash. Referring to one of the damaged houses, he said, "Because of the collapse it's a very dangerous situation. We have to shore up the house before we can enter." |
| Part of the neighbourhood south-west of the airport was evacuated and buses transported up to 200 people to a nearby shelter. | Part of the neighbourhood south-west of the airport was evacuated and buses transported up to 200 people to a nearby shelter. |
| Mike Daigle, executive director of the St Joseph County Airport Authority, said the jet attempted a landing, went back up and manoeuvered south to try another landing, but eight minutes later the airport learned the plane had come down. | |
| Stan Klaybor, who lives across the street from the crash scene, said the jet clipped the top of one house, heavily damaged a second, and finally came to rest against a third. Neighbours did not know if a woman living in the most heavily damaged house was home at the time, and a young boy in the third house did not appear to be seriously injured, Klaybor said. | Stan Klaybor, who lives across the street from the crash scene, said the jet clipped the top of one house, heavily damaged a second, and finally came to rest against a third. Neighbours did not know if a woman living in the most heavily damaged house was home at the time, and a young boy in the third house did not appear to be seriously injured, Klaybor said. |