UPDATED 4.01PM: Up to five people are dead after a charter plane crashed into a Melbourne discount shopping outlet and exploded in Victoria's worst civil aviation accident in 30 years.
The Beechcraft Super King Air twin-engine aircraft with five aboard struck the DFO Essendon about 9am on Tuesday after taking off from nearby Essendon Airport, heading for King Island.
Assistant Commissioner Stephen Leane told reporters it was a catastrophic crash and all five aboard were believed dead.
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Up to five people are dead after a charter plane crashed into a Melbourne discount shopping outlet and exploded in Victoria's worst civil aviation accident in 30 years.
The Beechcraft Super King Air twin-engine aircraft with five aboard struck the DFO Essendon about 9am on Tuesday after taking off from nearby Essendon Airport, heading for King Island.
Assistant Commissioner Stephen Leane told reporters it was a catastrophic crash and all five aboard were believed dead.
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Catastrophic engine failure just after take-off may have caused a charter plane carrying five people to crash into a Melbourne retail outlet and explode, police believe.
Five people were on the Beechcraft Super King Air twin-engine which hit DFO Essendon about 9am on Tuesday after departing nearby Essendon Airport for King Island.
Superintendent Mick Frewen says there was a Mayday call, followed by possible catastrophic engine failure.
"But we are unsure at this stage.”
Emergency services are still battling the blaze at the back of JB Hi-Fi and Focus on Furniture in the DFO centre.
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