more-inAt least five persons were killed when a light plane crashed into a Melbourne retail outlet on Tuesday Morning, Australian authorities said. “It looks like no one survived the crash,” Xinhua news agency quoted police as saying. The plane went down enroute to King Island of the south coast of Australia. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said it was the state’s worst aviation disaster in over 30 years. The police said no other fatalities occurred on the ground, but the shopping centre was severely damaged by the blaze.

Source: The Hindu February 21, 2017 03:22 UTC