Plane Crash Onto Busy Haitian Street Kills at Least 6

Plane Crash Onto Busy Haitian Street Kills at Least 6
People gather around the wreckage of a small plane that crashed onto a busy street, killing multiple people including the pilot, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 20, 2022. Lutherson Leon/Reuters
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PORT-AU-PRINCE—A small plane crashed onto a busy street in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Wednesday, killing at least six people including the pilot, officials said.

The plane took off from the Port-au-Prince airport at 3:44 p.m. ET (1944 GMT) on route to the Haitian city of Jacmel, the Haitian civil aviation authority said, adding the plane suffered engine failure and sent a distress alert at 4:04 p.m.