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8 December 2018 2.00 h

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Two die as light aircraft crashes into building in Badia del Vallès

The two oc­cu­pants of a light air­craft died yes­ter­day when the plane they were trav­el­ling in crashed into a build­ing in Badia del Vallès, in Vallès Oc­ci­den­tal. The crash hap­pened as the plane was about to land at Sabadell air­port, where it had taken off in the morn­ing. Why it crashed into the build­ing, which is next to a petrol sta­tion, on Cantàbric av­enue, is as yet un­known.

Ac­cord­ing to the emer­gency ser­vices, the ac­ci­dent hap­pened at 5.15pm. The plane crashed into the roof of the build­ing with­out caus­ing any struc­tural dam­age. At first it was thought that only one of the oc­cu­pants had died, al­though it was later con­firmed that there were two vic­tims.

The Cata­lan po­lice have opened an in­ves­ti­ga­tion to dis­cover the cause of the crash, with of­fi­cers de­ployed at the petrol sta­tion in Badia del Vallès as well as Sabadell air­port look­ing for in­for­ma­tion that might shed light on the cause of the ac­ci­dent.

In all, seven fire­fighter crews at­tended the scene, with the lad­der of one fire en­gine used to sup­port the plane and stop it falling. A large crane was then brought in to re­move the plane from the build­ing’s roof.

One wit­ness, Sílvia, ex­plained that she was in the petrol sta­tion at the time clean­ing her car when she sud­denly heard “a loud crash” and saw “smoke and stones falling to the ground”.

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