A plane carrying five people crashed in the parking lot of the Brethren Village retirement community near Lititz, Pennsylvania, according to officials.
A plane crashed in the parking lot of a Pennsylvania retirement community on Sunday afternoon, injuring an unknown number of people. The crash happened at Brethren Village in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. A security official, who witnessed a fireball and saw black smoke emitting from the aircraft, confirmed the incident to Fox News Digital. Lititz resident Joseph Smith told Fox News Digital that the plane took off from nearby Lancaster Airport before it quickly crashed.
Smith, who witnessed the chaos in the parking lot from across the street, said that the area smelled strongly of jet fuel. 'The smell of JP-4 hung in the air as they worked to get it under control,' he described. The Federal Aviation Administration also confirmed the crash to Fox News Digital on Sunday. 'A Beechcraft Bonanza crashed in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, around 3 p.m. local time on Sunday, March 9,' the statement read. 'Five people were on board. The FAA will investigate.' CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Authorities are actively investigating the incident.
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