Plane Crashes Into South Bend, IN, Neighborhood
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | March 18, 2013 13:28Two people have died and at least three others were injured today when a small plane crashed into a neighborhood near an airport in South Bend, Ind., according to a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman.
The pilot of the Hawker Beachcraft Premier 1 twin-jet plane, which had taken off from Tulsa, Okla., radioed the tower to report electrical problems while on approach to South Bend Regional Airport.
The plane crashed into the neighborhood, hitting three houses before finally coming to a stop, lodged in a house.
FAA spokesman Roland Herwig in Oklahoma City said there were four people on the plane, and two of them have died.
South Bend Memorial Hospital spokeswoman Maggie Scroope told The Associated Press that three people injured in the crash were being treated there. She said one was in serious condition and two were in fair condition, but did not know whether they were on the plane or the ground.
The neighborhood was evacuated because of concerns about gas leaking from the plane’s fuel tank.
South Bend Assistant Fire Chief John Corthier said the jet fuel leak made the situation “very dangerous.”
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