Chile: at least six dead when a plane crashes into two houses

At least six people were killed today when the plane crashed into which they were moving against two houses, one of which was "totally burned down", in the city of Puerto Montt, south of

Chile

official sources informed.

The Los Lagos area governor, Harry Jürgensen, said the victims were "the pilot of the aircraft and five pbadengers", while Mr. Carabineros said that "according to the control tower of the lorry". At La Paloma airfield, the pilot and seven pbadengers were traveling. "So we still do not know for sure whether there were six or eight people on board.

The plane crashed into two houses in a residential area of ​​Puerto Montt, one of which caught fire and "was completely burned", although according to preliminary information "it "There was nobody inside," reported the Efe news agency.

The aircraft belonged to the airline company Archipelagos and had taken off from the La Paloma aerodrome in Puerto Montt, destined for Chaitén, two sites in the Los Lagos area.

According to the Directorate General of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC), which published on his Twitter account that a plane of the establishment "goes to the airfield with investigators on board for investigate the causes of the incident ", the accident occurred shortly after the small plane will take off.

Archipelagos offers charter flights to eight destinations in the Los Lagos and Aysén regions, which are typically hired by local fishing companies to transport their employees.

Last January, another small plane crashed in the vicinity of Villarrica in southern Chile, leaving two dead and two seriously injured.

Telam Agency