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| Three missing in Connecticut as plane crashes into house | Three missing in Connecticut as plane crashes into house |
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| Three people, including two children, are missing after a small plane crashed into a house near an airport in the US state of Connecticut, officials say. | Three people, including two children, are missing after a small plane crashed into a house near an airport in the US state of Connecticut, officials say. |
| The mayor of East Haven said the children aged one and 13, and a person on board the plane are unaccounted for. | The mayor of East Haven said the children aged one and 13, and a person on board the plane are unaccounted for. |
| Two homes caught fire in the crash. One witness said a woman was screaming that her children were trapped inside. | Two homes caught fire in the crash. One witness said a woman was screaming that her children were trapped inside. |
| The plane took off from Teterboro Airport near Hackensack, New Jersey and crashed near a New Haven airport. | |
| The propeller plane, a Rockwell International Turbo Commander 690B, is believed to have crashed about 11:25 local time (16:45 BST) as it approached Tweed airport in rainy weather. | |
| Tweed's airport manager said the pilot had been speaking to air traffic control but did not issue any distress calls. | |
| "All we know is that it missed the approach and continued on," said Lori Hoffman-Soares. "There were no distress calls as far as we know." | |
| According to local news reports, one of the houses was vacant and the other was the home of a mother with two children. | According to local news reports, one of the houses was vacant and the other was the home of a mother with two children. |
| East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo described a scene of "total devastation", according to NBC News. | East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo described a scene of "total devastation", according to NBC News. |
| Fire Chief Douglas Jackson said: "We haven't recovered anybody at this point and we presume there is going to be a very bad outcome." | |
| Several emergency crews have been dispatched to the scene. | Several emergency crews have been dispatched to the scene. |