Five dead after small jet crashes into house in England

0 Comments | AFP, March, 2008

FARNBOROUGH, England (AFP) — All five passengers aboard a small twin-engined jet that crashed into a house in southeast England died, a fire brigade spokesman said Sunday.

There were no fatalities in the house that the plane crashed into in Farnborough, Kent, at approximately 2:30 pm (1330 GMT), though two people were taken to a nearby hospital to be treated for shock.

"No survivors were found but I can confirm that there were no people found in the houses," fire brigade spokesman Jim Bascran said in Farnborough.

The plane was carrying two pilots and three passengers, London's Metropolitan Police told AFP earlier.

The group were on a business trip to France, the chairman of Biggin Hill Airport, where the plane took off from, confirmed, when the...