Three killed when small plane crashes in backyard of home
A SMALL plane has crashed in the backyard of a suburban Philadelphia home, killing one man and two women aboard.
The single-engine plane went down around 6:20 a.m. Thursday in Willow Grove shortly after taking off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport en route to Columbus, Ohio.
It’s not clear if that was the plane’s final destination.
Upper Moreland Police Chief Michael Murphy says the plane hit several trees before it came to rest. Everyone onboard was killed.
NO INJURIES
No one on the ground was injured, and no homes were damaged. Murphy says debris is spread across several backyards.
He says there is no indication that the pilot made a distress call before the crash.
The Federal Aviation Administration is onsite. The National Transportation Safety Board is heading to the scene, about 30 miles (48 kilometres) north of Philadelphia.