4 dead as Saudi private plane crashes in Britain
LONDON. KAZINFORM - Four people have died after a Saudi-registered private jet crash-landed in a car auction site and burst into flames as it approached a runway in Britain's Hampshire, according to media reports.
The small private jet overshot the runway at Blackbushe Airport on the Hampshire-Surrey border, before ploughing into the neighboring car auction site, destroying at least 15 cars, according to Arab News. The aircraft, a Brazilian-built Embraer Phenom 300 was completely destroyed in the crash, leaving behind a fireball and large plume of toxic black smoke. General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) issued a tweet saying that the aircraft was Saudi registered. "We can confirm that there were four people on board, including the pilot," a police officer was quoted as saying in a news report from London. Debris from the jet could be seen strewn among the dozens of severely damaged cars. The fire appeared to be in the middle of a car park, with vehicles lined up for inspection at the auction site based at the airport.