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| Tokyo plane crash: Three dead after small light aircraft crashes in suburb of Japanese capital | Tokyo plane crash: Three dead after small light aircraft crashes in suburb of Japanese capital |
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| A small plane has crashed into a Tokyo neighbourhood, killing the pilot, a passenger and a woman on the ground. | A small plane has crashed into a Tokyo neighbourhood, killing the pilot, a passenger and a woman on the ground. |
| Three passengers were pulled alive from the wreckage after the single-propeller plane crashed in the Japanese capital, setting fire to cars and houses, earlier today. | Three passengers were pulled alive from the wreckage after the single-propeller plane crashed in the Japanese capital, setting fire to cars and houses, earlier today. |
| Television footage showed the crashed plane with its tail upside down, resting on a residential lot as dozens of firefighters battled the blaze and treated casualties. | Television footage showed the crashed plane with its tail upside down, resting on a residential lot as dozens of firefighters battled the blaze and treated casualties. |
| Tokyo Fire Department officials said the three dead suffered heart and lung failures. | Tokyo Fire Department officials said the three dead suffered heart and lung failures. |
| Five other people, including the three passengers and two on the ground, were taken to hospital but their conditions were not immediately known. | Five other people, including the three passengers and two on the ground, were taken to hospital but their conditions were not immediately known. |
| The fire department said five houses and at least two cars had been set ablaze. | |
| An unidentified woman told public broadcaster NHK: "I heard a tremendous sound like a truck crashed into a house. | An unidentified woman told public broadcaster NHK: "I heard a tremendous sound like a truck crashed into a house. |
| “When I looked outside from a window, fire was flaring up. | “When I looked outside from a window, fire was flaring up. |
| "The fire was blazing up so hard.” | "The fire was blazing up so hard.” |
| The plane crashed shortly after take-off from an airport used by small aircraft about 500 yards away in Tokyo's western suburb of Chofu. | The plane crashed shortly after take-off from an airport used by small aircraft about 500 yards away in Tokyo's western suburb of Chofu. |
| It was flying to Izu Oshima Island, about 60 miles south of Tokyo in the Pacific Ocean, according to NHK. | It was flying to Izu Oshima Island, about 60 miles south of Tokyo in the Pacific Ocean, according to NHK. |
| Additional reporting by Reuters | Additional reporting by Reuters |