Charleroi: A small private plane crashed south of Brussels today, killing five members of a family including three small children, according to Belgian news reports.
The plane had a problem on takeoff, immediately tried to return to the airport in Charleroi, but crashed beside the runway, the website of the newspaper Le Soir reported.
According to the news website sudinfo.be, the victims were a 68-year-old man, a 39-year-old mother, and three children aged 7, 6 and 3. The victims were from Brussels, and the children's father was on his way to the airport, news reports said.
The accident is reported to have taken place around 10 am local time. The airport has been closed until further notice, its website says. Photographs showed the plane to be partially disintegrated.
David Gering, a spokesman for Brussels South Airport, told the broadcaster RTBF that an investigation into the cause of the crash was under way. Charleroi is about 65 kms south of Brussels.
The plane had a problem on takeoff, immediately tried to return to the airport in Charleroi, but crashed beside the runway, the website of the newspaper Le Soir reported.
According to the news website sudinfo.be, the victims were a 68-year-old man, a 39-year-old mother, and three children aged 7, 6 and 3. The victims were from Brussels, and the children's father was on his way to the airport, news reports said.
David Gering, a spokesman for Brussels South Airport, told the broadcaster RTBF that an investigation into the cause of the crash was under way. Charleroi is about 65 kms south of Brussels.
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