Five people on board a plane have died after it crashed into the roof of a shopping centre near Melbourne, Australia.
The light aircraft exploded on impact after suffering engine failure. It's understood the pilot made a distress call before it crashed and burst into flames.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tullamarine Fwy is closed in both directions from English St and Bell St as crews respond to incident at DFO near <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Essendon?src=hash">#Essendon</a>. Avoid the area <a href="https://t.co/RrHT1gUMVg">pic.twitter.com/RrHT1gUMVg</a></p>— MFB (@MFB_NEWS) <a href="https://twitter.com/MFB_NEWS/status/833815940231868417">February 20, 2017</a></blockquote>
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There were no fatalities other than those on the plane.
Australian officials have described it as 'the worst civil aviation accident in the state' for three decades.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Truck driver's dash cam captures frightening moment of DFO Essendon plane crash. <a href="https://t.co/87N7zPwWND">https://t.co/87N7zPwWND</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/7News?src=hash">#7News</a> <a href="https://t.co/nZX2rYqKXo">pic.twitter.com/nZX2rYqKXo</a></p>— 7 News Melbourne (@7NewsMelbourne) <a href="https://twitter.com/7NewsMelbourne/status/833919530846011392">February 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">More than 60 firefighters have worked hard to bring the fire at DFO near <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Essendon?src=hash">#Essendon</a> under control. Crews to remain on scene for some time <a href="https://t.co/R1Y8ygSxOg">pic.twitter.com/R1Y8ygSxOg</a></p>— Paul Stacchino (@MFBChief) <a href="https://twitter.com/MFBChief/status/833828058427645952">February 20, 2017</a></blockquote>
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