Plane crashes into residential area in US, no passengers survive

A light transport plane, with a capacity of six people, crashed into a house in a residential area, while en route from Des Moines International Airport (Iowa) to Anoka County-Blaine Airport (Minneapolis), according to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Scene of the plane crash. (Source: Daily Mail)

According to the agency, the SOCATA TBM7 plane crashed into the house at around 12:20 p.m. on March 29 local time, or around 2:20 a.m. on March 30 Vietnam time.

The plane, a single-engine commercial aircraft, departed from Des Moines International Airport in Iowa and was headed to Anoka County-Blaine Airport in Minneapolis, Minnesota, according to the FAA.

It is still unclear how many people were on board the plane at the time of the incident. Meanwhile, local media quoted a statement from the Brooklyn Park Fire Department in Minnesota as saying there were no survivors on the plane.

Local television station KARE 11 quoted witnesses as saying the plane crash caused a fire at a home in Brooklyn Park.

At a press conference, firefighters said no one was in the home at the time of the incident.

The US National Transportation Safety Board said the accident is under investigation.

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