Plane crashes into house in western Ukraine, 4 dead

Plane crashes into house in western Ukraine, 4 dead

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A light-powered sports plane crashed into a private house near the village of Sheparivtsi, Kolomyia district, Ukraine, July 28, 2021. (Image credit: Facebook @/MNS.GOV.UA)
NEW DELHI: A light-sport aircraft crashed into the roof of a private villa near Sheparivtsi village in Ukraine's Kolomyia district at around 1:40pm local time on Wednesday. All four people on board the WT-10 Advantic, including the pilot and three passengers died, as a blaze erupted post the crash.
Ten firefighters and three fire trucks reached the site to contain the fire. The team reportedly had the fire under control by 1:58pm local time.
"On July 28, at about 1:40pm, a light-powered sports plane crashed into a private house near the village of Sheparivtsi, Kolomyia district, with subsequent burning, killing four people," The state emergency service of Ukraine said in a statement.
It is not yet clear what caused the crash.
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