A small aircraft plunged into an Australian shopping mall and exploded shortly after takeoff.
Four US citizens and an Australian
pilot have died after their light plane crashed into a shopping centre.
The charter flight appeared to have had a
"catastrophic engine failure" shortly after taking off from the small
Essendon Airport, said police.
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Despite the destruction, no-one was killed or injured on the ground.Victoria's Premier Daniel Andrews said it was the worst civilian aviation accident in the state in 30 years.
"Today is a desperately sad day," he said.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said it would investigate how the twin-engine Beechcraft B200 King Air crashed soon after 09:00 local time on Tuesday (22:00 GMT Monday).
A spokeswoman for Spotlight, a retailer in the complex, said the plane crashed into its rear warehouse but all staff were safe.
Reported by : BBC News