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Five people were killed after a small passenger plane failed to take off and crashed into a vehicle near the airport in Mesa, Arizona, on Tuesday, police said.
The Honda jet ripped through the perimeter fence at Falcon Field and crashed into the vehicle around 4:40 pm during an aborted takeoff, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The Federal Aviation Administration said five people were on board.
Authorities have not said how many people were in the vehicle.
Five people were dead at the scene, according to Detective Richard Encinas of the Mesa Police Department. It was unclear if the dead were all people on the plane.
Video from ABC15 Arizona showed smoke billowing from the flaming wreckage of the jet and at least one damaged vehicle as firefighters tried to put out the fire.
The FAA and the NTSB said they would investigate the crash.