A plane carrying five people has crashed into a building in Melbourne, Australian authorities
have said.
"It appears a light plane, which is a charter flight, has impacted the DFO [shopping centre] at Essendon Fields," Victorian Police Minister Lisa Neville told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
Victoria Police said: "At this stage we do not have information regarding possible casualties."
The crash happened near Melbourne's minor Essendon Airport.
Ms Neville said five people were on board.
"It appears to be a very, very tragic accident that has occurred out there," she said.
Video broadcast on local media showed black smoke rising from the wreckage.
Police said they were evacuating the area and a nearby freeway was closed in both directions.
Essendon Airport is small airfield mostly used by light planes about 13km (8 miles) north-west of central Melbourne.
God help us... I just hope the passengers are in good shape
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