[eye30]

Four US citizens and an Australian pilot have died after their light plane crashed into a shopping centre in Melbourne, Australia.

The charter flight appeared to have had a "catastrophic engine failure" shortly after taking off from the small Essendon Airport, said police.

Despite the destruction, no-one was killed or injured on the ground.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39023903



Any members live nearby?

[CraigB]

Very unfortunate being it crashed into a shopping centre it's amazing no one else was injured or killed.

[Phil №❶]

Shopping centres and other high density human occupation should not be located near danger zones.

[CraigB]

Shopping centres and other high density human occupation should not be located near danger zones.

We'll have to move Perth, planes fly over us all day long

[Dazzler]

Very unfortunate being it crashed into a shopping centre it's amazing no one else was injured or killed.

Apparently it was mainly the warehouse part where a furniture store stored their stock. Plus, it was early so staff were just lining up to go into their shops. Certainly could have been catastrophic!

[Surferdude]

Shopping centres and other high density human occupation should not be located near danger zones.

OK. That's it. Sydney has to go. 

[The Gonz]

'Catastrophic' is used in the risk industry, mainly systems engineering, to describe a sudden, total and unrecoverable failure, often resulting in death or major damage. For a twin engined aircraft, I'm expecting it to have had both engines fail to provide sufficient thrust to sustain a pilot's best friend - altitude.