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Small plane crashes into home near Fort Lauderdale; Fla., casualties unknown
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By The Associated Press
OAKLAND PARK, Fla. - A small plane has crashed into a home shortly after taking off from Executive Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., slicing the house down the middle into two charred pieces.
Broward County fire officials believe the aircraft was a Cessna 421, which is a twin-engine propeller-driven plane.
It wasn't immediately clear whether anyone was inside the home, or how many people were aboard the plane.
Smoke was seen rising from the site, where the fire was still burning several hours after the crash.
Kathleen Bergen of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration says the plane was headed to Fernadina Beach, just outside Jacksonville, Fla.
FAA records list the plane's owner as Sebring Air Charter in Tamarac, a Fort Lauderdale suburb.
A bystander saw the plane go down and alerted authorities, said another sheriff's spokesperson, Dani Moschella.
"We're still trying to get that fire under control," Broward County sheriff's spokesman Jim Leljedal told CNN. "We have concerns that some people have to be evacuated from the area."
The crash was at least the third involving the airport, which caters to small planes and jets, in the last five years.
A DC-3 cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff into a residential street near the airport in 2005. The pilot, co-pilot and a passenger all survived. The pilot said at the time they chose the street because it was quiet and wide, and has an abundance of tall palm trees he could run into to slow the plane's speed.
In 2004, a Piper Cherokee crashed into the roof of an auto body shop shortly after takeoff, killing two people aboard the plane and critically injuring a third.
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By The Associated Press
OAKLAND PARK, Fla. - A small plane has crashed into a home shortly after taking off from Executive Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., slicing the house down the middle into two charred pieces.
Broward County fire officials believe the aircraft was a Cessna 421, which is a twin-engine propeller-driven plane.
It wasn't immediately clear whether anyone was inside the home, or how many people were aboard the plane.
Smoke was seen rising from the site, where the fire was still burning several hours after the crash.
Kathleen Bergen of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration says the plane was headed to Fernadina Beach, just outside Jacksonville, Fla.
FAA records list the plane's owner as Sebring Air Charter in Tamarac, a Fort Lauderdale suburb.
A bystander saw the plane go down and alerted authorities, said another sheriff's spokesperson, Dani Moschella.
"We're still trying to get that fire under control," Broward County sheriff's spokesman Jim Leljedal told CNN. "We have concerns that some people have to be evacuated from the area."
The crash was at least the third involving the airport, which caters to small planes and jets, in the last five years.
A DC-3 cargo plane crashed shortly after takeoff into a residential street near the airport in 2005. The pilot, co-pilot and a passenger all survived. The pilot said at the time they chose the street because it was quiet and wide, and has an abundance of tall palm trees he could run into to slow the plane's speed.
In 2004, a Piper Cherokee crashed into the roof of an auto body shop shortly after takeoff, killing two people aboard the plane and critically injuring a third.
