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Four dead in Wichita as plane hits Kansas airport building | |
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At least four people were killed and five injured when a small plane crashed into an airport building in Wichita, Kansas, officials have said. | |
Firefighters responded at about 09:50 local time (14:50 GMT) to a "horrific fire" after a plane crash-landed, Fire Chief Ron Blackwell said. | |
Four people remain missing, but a search was put on hold after a portion of the building collapsed. | |
The Beechcraft aircraft lost power shortly after take-off. | |
The aircraft hit the FlightSafety International building. Other flights have not been affected. | |
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) spokesman Tony Molinaro told local media the plane crashed while attempting to return to the runway. | |
The four dead were found inside the building. It is unclear what happened to the pilot of the aircraft. | |
Eyewitness Jaison Podkanowicz told the BBC he was at work nearby when he heard a "low pop". | Eyewitness Jaison Podkanowicz told the BBC he was at work nearby when he heard a "low pop". |
"I went outside and there was a plane on top of the building opposite, a flight training centre," he said. | "I went outside and there was a plane on top of the building opposite, a flight training centre," he said. |
Mr Podkanowicz said the plane no longer had a cockpit but that part of the fuselage and tail was intact. |