A PRIVATE jet has crashed into three homes in Indiana, leaving four dead, and a fuel leak has forced the suburb to evacuate.
The front end of a Hawker Beachcraft Premier jet sits in a room of a home on Iowa Street in South Bend, Indiana. (AP Photo/South Bend Tribune, Mike Hartman) Source: AP
A PRIVATE jet has crashed into three homes in Indiana, leaving two dead, and a fuel leak has forced the evacuation of a suburb.
The Beechcraft Premier I twin-jet had left Tulsa, Oklahoma's Riverside Airport and crashed near South Bend Regional Airport, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Roland Herwig said.
"There was an indication of a mechanical problem," Herwig said.
The scene in South Bend, Indiana ... where the leer jet crashed into three homes. Photo: WSBT-TV Source: Supplied
Herwig said two people on board the plane were killed. There were four people were aboard the jet.
Injuries also resulted from the crash. Some people were taken to local hospitals, Assistant South Bend Fire Chief John Corthier said.
At least three people have been taken to Memorial Hospital, a hospital spokesperson said. Two of those people are in fair condition, one is in serious condition and was undergoing surgery.
South Bend police and fire officials examine a home where a a plane crash occurred near the South Bend Regional Airport in the northern Indiana neighborhood, resulting in injuries and striking three homes. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond) Source: AP
The neighborhood southwest of the airport was evacuated because of a jet fuel leak. Buses were transporting up to 200 people to a nearby shelter, Red Cross volunteer Jackie Lincoln said.
Stan Klaybor, who lives across the street from the crash scene, said the jet clipped the top of one house, heavily damaged a second, and came to rest against a third. Neighbors did not know if a woman living in the most heavily damaged house was home at the time, and a young boy in the third house hurt his forehead but did not appear to be seriously injured, Klaybor said.
His wife, Mary Jane, regularly watches planes approach the airport.
"I was looking out my picture window. The plane's coming, and I go, 'Wait a minute,' and then, boom," she said.
"This one was coming straight at my house. I went, 'Huh?' and then there was a big crash, and all the insulation went flying," she said.
South Bend police and fire officials examine a home where a a plane crash occurred near the South Bend Regional Airport in the northern Indiana neighborhood, resulting in injuries and striking three homes. (AP Photo/Joe Raymond) Source: AP
At a press conference, the South Bend fire chief of training said: "This is now a rescue effort," but the search is dangerous because of structural damage to the house the plane is lodged inside and the jet fuel.
Crews have to stabilise the home before they can proceed with rescue efforts.
There is a mandatory evacuation because of the jet fuel leak from Keller to Elwood along Iowa until at least tomorrow morning. Firefighters are standing by.
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