A plane crashed in the parking lot of a nursing home in suburban Pennsylvania, sending five people to the hospital.
The Beechcraft A36TC caught fire in the parking lot of Brethren Village in Manheim Township, as a spectacular video shows.
As flames consumed the plane and surrounding vehicles, emergency vehicles, ambulances, and doctors rushed to the scene in Lancaster County.
The plane took off as planned on Sunday afternoon, but because the door had opened, it was immediately ordered to land back at the airfield.
A chilling air traffic control recording shows the pilot ordering ground crew to turn around, but he also says the unlocked casement window made so much wind noise that he couldn’t hear his radio.
Between Fairview Drive and Meadowview Court, the plane crash sparked a massive fire and set several cars ablaze.
The tail of the aircraft, code N347M, is visible amidst the wreckage.
Brethren Village, a local retirement community, is served by the parking lot where the plane landed, just two blocks from Lancaster Airport.
The plane is believed to have been en route to Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport in Ohio.
Among the passengers on Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, were members of the U.S. Figure Skating Team returning from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
