A troubled single-engine plane crashed Thursday evening in Clearwater, Florida.
A small plane crashed into a mobile home park in Clearwater, Florida, in the southeastern United States on Thursday, killing several people, local officials said. “I can confirm that there have been many deaths on planes and inside mobile homes”Area Fire Chief Scott Ehlersen announced during a press conference.
The crash happened at 7:00 pm local time (00:00 GMT Friday), shortly after a nearby airport received a warning message about the plane in trouble, Scott Ehlers said. Firefighters quickly rushed to the large Bayside Waters mobile home park and were able to extinguish the fire caused by the downed aircraft.
At least three homes were affected by the flames and a fourth was directly hit by the plane, according to the fire chief. Residents of other houses were able to get out of their houses safely. The small plane was a single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza V35, local media reported, citing the FAA, the federal agency responsible for aviation regulation in the United States. According to the same source, the pilot reported engine failure before the accident.
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