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Two dead in Wichita as plane hits Kansas airport building | |
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At least two people died and four were injured when a small plane crashed into an airport building in Wichita, Kansas, officials say. | |
Firefighters responded around 09:50 local time (14:50 GMT) to a "horrific fire" after a plane crash landed, Fire Chief Ron Blackwell said. | |
Five people are still unaccounted for, he added. | |
The fire is now under control and the two fatalities are thought to have been inside the building. | |
The Beechcraft aircraft lost power to one engine on takeoff and crashed, broadcaster ABC reports, citing US air safety officials. | |
The aircraft hit the FlightSafety International building, the airport said in a tweet, and flights have not been affected. | |
Eyewitness Jaison Podkanowicz told the BBC he was at work nearby when he heard a "low pop". | |
"I went outside and there was a plane on top of the building opposite, a flight training centre," he said. | |
Mr Podkanowicz said the plane no longer had a cockpit but the part of the fuselage and tail was intact. |