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Small plane crash kills two in U.S. state of Pennsylvania

08 August 2010 00:49 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. A small twin-engine plane crashed into a home in western Pennsylvania on Saturday, killing at least two people, APA reports quoting Xinhua News Agency.

The plane, a BE58 Beech Baron, crashed into the house in the rural area about 140 kilometers northeast of Pittsburgh in the morning, local police said.

Rescuers managed to recover two bodies from the wreckage in the afternoon. They are still searching for other parts of the plane, though it was believed that only two were on board.

The Federal Aviation Administration said the small plane took off from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, Pa. It went down 11 minutes after the takeoff. The plane was registered to a Westmoreland County firm.

No one in the house was believed to be hurt. Steve Yanko, who lives in the house with his wife Rose, was sleeping in the couch when the plane went down, missing him by inches.

He ran out of the burning house afterwards. His wife wasn’t home at the time. Local media quoted her as saying that they will stay with her mother.