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Eleven killed in Chile air crash | |
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A police plane has crashed onto a playing field in the Chilean capital, Santiago, killing all six people on board and five on the ground. | |
The five, including a mother and young child, were exercising in the playing field when the plane came down. | |
"Grandmothers and children were doing aerobics," one witness told local television. "Most of them managed to escape, but some were trapped." | |
At least 10 other people who were in the playing field were injured. | |
There would probably have been more casualties if the pilot had not veered away from homes, police said. | |
"The pilot did not have enough time for an emergency landing, but still had time to take the plane away from the residential area," Police General Jorge Rojas said. | "The pilot did not have enough time for an emergency landing, but still had time to take the plane away from the residential area," Police General Jorge Rojas said. |
The Cessna 210 was approaching Tobalaba airfield on Wednesday when it went down in the field in the Penalolen district, the air force said. | |
"The airplane appeared to lose power, made a sudden U-turn and came down," witness Ernesto Munoz told state television. | |
"There was raging fire when it crashed." | |
It is not clear what caused the crash. | It is not clear what caused the crash. |