5 Dead After Small Plane Crashes Near Highway In US

Five people were killed Monday when a small private plane crashed near a highway in Nashville in the US state of Tennessee, local police said.

The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said in a post on social platform X that "5 persons on board the airplane perished in the crash".

It also posted a picture of the mangled wreckage of the single-engine plane.

The Nashville Fire Department said on X that there was a "heavy fire" when its responders arrived on the scene.

5 persons on board the airplane perished in the crash. The FAA is on scene. The NTSB will arrive later today.

Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron was quoted by US media as saying the plane had reported engine and power failure around 7:40 pm (0140 GMT Tuesday).

It was cleared for an emergency landing at Nashville's John C. Tune Airport, but came down just a few kilometres from the airport.

He said the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.

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