A small aircraft crashed right into a constructing in New Hampshire, killing the 2 folks on board and sparking a big hearth on the bottom, authorities mentioned.
The Federal Aviation Administration mentioned in a press release Saturday {that a} single-engine Beechcraft Sierra plane crashed right into a constructing north of Keene Dillant-Hopkins Airport in Keene, New Hampshire, on Friday night. City officers mentioned on their Facebook web page that nobody was injured within the constructing hit by the aircraft however “those on the plane have perished.”
“The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate. The NTSB will be in charge of the investigation and will provide additional updates,” the FAA mentioned.
Keene Mayor George Hansel advised The Associated Press that two folks on the aircraft died however that they haven’t been recognized. He mentioned the the aircraft hit a two-story barn related to a multi-family condo constructing. All eight folks had been evacuated from the condo constructing as a result of subsequent hearth.
At a morning press convention, Hansel mentioned the aircraft was owned by Monadnock Aviation, which is predicated on the airport. He mentioned it was unclear the place the aircraft was headed and nobody answered the cellphone at Monadnock. The explanation for the crash stays beneath investigation and the operations on the airport weren’t affected, he mentioned.
“We are very fortunate in some ways that the plane didn’t hit a part of the building where people were,” Hansel mentioned. “This obviously could have been much worse but any loss of life is a tragedy.”
Shaughn Calkins advised WMUR-TV that he noticed the hearth as he was driving.
“We were probably close to quarter of a mile away, and you could feel the heat from the fire,” Calkins mentioned. “It was billowing, so it was a big fire.”
Source: www.bostonherald.com”