PORTUGAL: A plane which crashed into the car park of Lidl
supermarket has killed five people made of four passengers and a lorry driver
who was delivering goods to the Lidl as at the time of the tragedy.
The small air craft which went down in a residential area is
believed to have exploded mid-air prior to the crash 150m from a school.
The plane went ablaze after it fell onto a lorry the car
park, and killed the lorry driver while he was unloading goods close to cargo
bay at the supermarket.
Aside the Swiss pilot and three French passengers on board
that died together with the lorry driver, about four people inside the Aldi
were treated for shock and smoke inhalation, caused by the incident, while nine
people were also evacuated from their homes after their houses blackened by
smoke.
The plane had taken off from Tires aerodrome - which is used
mainly by private aircraft and situated about 12 miles (20km) west of the
Portuguese capital - shortly before the crash.
Officials described the weather at the time of the crash as
clear skies with a light wind.
The Tires airfield said the plane was a twin-engine Piper
PA-31 Navajo aircraft and was Swiss-registered.
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