World News | Small Plane Crashes into Turkish Neighborhood; 2 Dead

Ankara, Apr 25 (AP) A single-engine airplane crashed into a neighbourhood in northwestern Bursa province and burst into flames on Monday, killing its pilot and a trainee pilot.

The plane, which was used for flight training, slammed into a street in the Baglarbasi neighbourhood near the province's Yunuseli Airport, Gov. Yakup Canbolat said. No one was hurt on the ground.

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Huseyin Gumusoy, the neighborhood's administrator, told NTV television that two homes and five cars were damaged in the crash.

Residents rushed out of their homes into the street following the crash, and smoke billowed from the site, according to video footage from the neighbourhood.

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Canbolat said an investigation would be launched, adding that the cause of the crash was likely to be a technical fault. (AP)

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