mutley 4,498 Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 3 French people, 1 from Switzerland among 5 dead after plane crashes on to supermarket near Lisbon aerodrome. A small Swiss-registered plane has crashed near a Lidl supermarket in Tires, just west of the Portuguese capital Lisbon, killing five people. Portuguese media say the victims were the pilot, three passengers and a lorry driver, whose vehicle was hit. Three of the dead were French citizens and one Swiss, reports say. The plane had been en route to Marseille. It crashed after take-off from a local airfield. The cause is not known. Tires is about 20km (12 miles) from Lisbon. The crash site is a car park in a residential area between Lisbon and the upmarket resort of Cascais. Dozens of firefighters are at the scene. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39621095?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 Another sad day in aviation. what with this and the Helicopter crash last week in Wales, it's not been a good month. Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,316 Posted April 17, 2017 Report Share Posted April 17, 2017 Sad news, Peace out to all the family's and friends of those unfortunate victims. Link to post Share on other sites
CAT3508 343 Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 Aircraft was a Piper PA-31. Apparently, a much respected orthopedic surgeon and his wife were among the casualties. Sad day. Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Coffee 2,030 Posted April 18, 2017 Report Share Posted April 18, 2017 Heart goes out to all, but especially to the lorry driver's family. Man...an aircraft accident was probably the furthest thing on his list of things to worry about that day. Link to post Share on other sites
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