Plane crashes into house in Guyana

A twin-engine Piper Aztec aircraft crashed into a house shortly after it took off from the Ogle International Airport in Georgetown, Guyana yesterday.



The incident occurred at 3 p.m. The house was reported to be empty at the time of the crash.



CANA says initial reports said that the two pilots were killed. Their identities have not yet been released, but they are believed to be foreigners.



Guyana's Transport Minister Robeson Benn and director general of the Civil Aviation Authority, Zulficar Mohammed, were among officials at the scene at Plaisance, East Coast Demerara.



Benn has said that the aircraft was on its second mission for the day when the incident occurred.