Five people have been killed in a plane crash in Virginia near Ingalls Field Airport in Bath County, north of Roanoke in the western part of the state.
The plane, a Westwind Astra, was a private jet and burst into flames on impact when the crash took place around 10am.
The plane was initially not set to land at the airport according to WSET.
Of the five people who died, one was a pilot, another was a first officer, and three others were passengers, including a child.
Five people have been killed in a plane crash in Virginia. The plane, a Westwind Astra, was a private jet and burst into flames on impact (file photo)
The accident occurred near Ingalls Field Airport in Bath County, north of Roanoke in the western part of the state. Pictured, a file photo of Ingalls Field Airport
The incident took place around 3:00 p.m. when the plane fell off the runway at Ingalls Field Airport in Bath County north of Roanoke (image on Google Earth)
One of the passengers was a child aged 5-7 years WSLS. It is not clear if there were other survivors on board.
Local first responders were immediately on the scene, including the Bath County Sheriff’s Office, Virginia State Police and Hot Springs Fire and Rescue.
Virginia State Police are investigating the accident along with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
There have been a number of fatal plane crashes so far in 2024.
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A young family of five, including three children, 12, 10 and 7, perished in a fireball in Nashville last week.
Victor Dotsenko, 43, his wife Rimma, 39, and their three children David, 12, Adam, 10, and Emma, 7, died Monday next to Interstate-40 when their single-engine plane crashed and crashed into in a fireball.
Chilling sound from the cockpit captured Victor frantically alerting air traffic control that his ‘engine cut out’ at 1600ft as he said his family ‘will land… I don’t know where. I’m too far away, I can’t reach it’.
Moments before, Victor mysteriously overshot John C. Thune Airport by several miles before U-turning and crashing around 8 p.m., and investigators have ‘no idea why.’
Video from Florida shows a plane crash in Naples in February — a harrowing view offered by an eagle-eyed motorist on I-75.
The private plane crashed into cars on a major highway and caused a massive explosion, killing two of the five people on board
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The two pilots died on impact, but thanks to their ability to guide the Bombardier Challenger 60 onto the crowded highway, three others on board survived.
In January, four people died when a single-engine plane crashed off the coast of Half Moon Bay in California.
Among them was a 27-year-old ‘experimental aircraft enthusiast’ piloting the four-seater home-built plane he had bought for $100,000 from a retired dentist last year.
A week later, another single-engine two-seat home-built plane plowed into a car at a busy intersection 60 miles away in Concord, killing its pilot and injuring the car’s driver.
Both accidents are is being investigated and has been re-examined by a burgeoning subculture.