Miracle as passenger jet smashes into busy city street

A small aeroplane 'broke in half' after it crashed into a busy Canadian city street close to an airport. Miraculously, no was killed in the smash close to Vancouver International Airport yesterday afternoon - which left all nine people aboard, and a walker on the ground, injured. But three people are in hospital with critical injuries. The Beech King Air 100 partially burst into flames after it landed near a street just 900 metres away from the airport.

Witness Steven Baran told CBC News that the aircraft slammed onto the road and slid into a car before stopping. Baran, who works for the post office at the airport, said no-one in the car appeared to be hurt and his first instinct was to help the plane passengers. He said he and other witnesses 'made a beeline for the plane'.

He said: 'The rear door was ajar and one of the fellows pulled it down. One after another, we just pulled passengers out real quick.' Alyssa Polinsky, spokesman for Vancouver Coastal Health, said three people were taken to Vancouver General Hospital in critical condition, while three more were stable. Another three people were taken to the nearby Richmond General Hospital with injuries considered non-life threatening.


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