KEENE, N.H. (AP) 鈥 A small plane crashed into a building in New Hampshire, killing the two people on board and sparking a large fire on the ground, authorities said.
The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement Saturday that a single-engine Beechcraft Sierra aircraft crashed into a building north of Keene Dillant-Hopkins Airport in Keene, New Hampshire, on Friday evening. City officials said on their Facebook page that no one was injured in the building hit by the plane but 鈥渢hose on the plane have perished."
鈥淭he FAA and the 香港六合彩挂牌资料 Transportation Safety Board will investigate. The NTSB will be in charge of the investigation and will provide additional updates,鈥 the FAA said.
Keene Mayor George Hansel told The Associated Press that two people on the plane died but that they have not been identified. He said the the plane hit a two-story barn connected to a multi-family apartment building. All eight people were evacuated from the apartment building due to the subsequent fire.
At a morning press conference, Hansel said the plane was owned by Monadnock Aviation, which is based at the airport. He said it was unclear where the plane was headed and no one answered the phone at Monadnock. The cause of the crash remains under investigation and the operations at the airport were not affected, he said.
鈥淲e are very fortunate in some ways that the plane didn't hit a part of the building where people were,鈥 Hansel said. 鈥淭his obviously could have been much worse but any loss of life is a tragedy.鈥
Shaughn Calkins told that he saw the fire as he was driving.
鈥淲e were probably close to quarter of a mile away, and you could feel the heat from the fire,鈥 Calkins said. 鈥淚t was billowing, so it was a big fire.鈥
