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Milan: Plane Crashes Into Building -Many People Killed
Milan Plane Crash: Eight People Killed as Aircraft Smashes Into Building
Devastation as Fire Crews Put Out the Flames
A thick column of dark smoke rose from the crash site and was visible for several miles after the small passenger plane struck an office building in San Donato Milanese, near Milan, on Sunday afternoon
BBC News 4 OCT 2021.
A private passenger plane crashed into an office building killing everyone on board, in a horrifying incident near Milan this afternoon.
Eight people, including a child, died as the small aircraft erupted into a fireball on collision outside a metro station in San Donato Milanese on Sunday.
The Pilatus PC-12 flight had taken off from Linate city airport in Italy's fashion capital and was heading for the island of Sardinia, officials have said.
The aircraft is a single-engine, turboprop business aircraft, which can also be used for carrying cargo or up to nine passengers.
It is not yet clear what caused the crash.
Witnesses described seeing multiple parked cars go up in flames as plumes of smoke shot into the sky following the impact at around 1pm local time.
Photos show debris scattered across the scene in the small town.
The victims are understood to have been six French tourists, a Romanian pilot and another crew member, according to Italian newspaper La Repubblica.
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