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4 reported dead as plane hits house in US

AP | By, Gearhart (us)
Aug 05, 2008 08:04 PM IST

A small plane crashes into a seaside house in heavy fog, killing two people aboard and two children in the vacation home it struck.

A small plane crashed into a seaside house in heavy fog, killing two people aboard and two children in the vacation home it struck, authorities have said.

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A third child was unaccounted for after the crash, which apparently occurred soon after the plane took off in northwest Oregon, on the US West Coast on Monday.

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The single-engine plane clipped a tree and then plowed into the house, followed by explosions. A second, vacant home nearby was heavily damaged.

The pilot and his only passenger were also killed. Their identities were not immediately released.

The four-seat Cessna was owned by Aviation Aventures in Seaside. The company had rented it to the pilot, city officials said.

The impact shook homes a kilometer away in this resort town.

When the plane crashed, six people were in the four-bedroom rental home at Gearhart for a family reunion and vacation, City Admninistrator Dennis McNally said. A mother and two children were flown to Portland for treatment at a burn center, said Michael Griffiths, executive director of the emergency transport service Life Flight.

Two more people in the family party had gone out for a walk before the crash and were uninjured, McNally said.

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