Small plane crashes next to Lisbon-area supermarket; 5 dead
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LISBON, Portugal — A small plane crashed Monday beside a supermarket near Lisbon, killing four people on board the aircraft and one on the ground. Four people were slightly injured, emergency services said.
The dead included the Swiss pilot, three French passengers on the plane and a Portuguese truck driver, emergency services operational commander Miguel Cruz told The Associated Press.
The Swiss-registered plane crashed shortly after a noon takeoff from the small Tires airfield, 20 kilometres (12 miles) west of the Portuguese capital, Cruz said. Officials said the crash happened amid clear skies and a light wind.
The Tires airfield said the plane was a twin-engine Piper PA-31 Navajo aircraft. The airfield was closed as authorities opened an investigation.
