On this picture created from video, a hearth engine, firefighters and different officers are seen inside police tape on scene of a small airplane crash in Clearwater, Florida, Feb. 1, 2024.
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On this picture created from video, a hearth engine, firefighters and different officers are seen inside police tape on scene of a small airplane crash in Clearwater, Florida, Feb. 1, 2024.
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A number of individuals have died after a small airplane crashed right into a cellular house in Clearwater, Florida, on Thursday, the native fireplace division stated.
At about 7:08 p.m. ET, authorities obtained simultaneous calls a few construction fireplace and a ”mayday” sign from the pilot of an plane that went off radar about three miles from the runway of the St. Pete–Clearwater Worldwide Airport, Clearwater Fireplace and Rescue Division Chief Scott Ehlers stated.
Responders arrived on the scene at 7:15 p.m. 4 cellular properties, together with one the airplane crashed into, had been on fireplace on the Bayside Waters cellular house park, Ehlers stated.
”I can affirm that we’ve got a number of fatalities, each from the plane and inside the cellular house,” Ehlers stated. He added that folks within the different three properties received out safely.
A number of information shops cited the Federal Aviation Administration in figuring out the airplane as a Beechcraft Bonanza V35, a small single-engine mannequin.
Ehlers stated the native fireplace and rescue division is working with the FAA and the Nationwide Transportation Security Board to determine the pilot and passengers aboard the airplane.
”Please perceive that we’re working by way of a really difficult scene,” he stated. ”There’s going to be lots of companies which are right here… to assist coordinate within the investigation of really what occurred, so we’re restricted on a few of the info we will present, however we’ll do our greatest to get you the best, up to date info.”