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2017-02-21

2017 Essendon Airport Beechcraft King Air crash

A charter plane crashes into a Direct Factory Outlets shopping centre in Melbourne, Australia, shortly after taking off from Essendon Airport, killing the five people on board.

Sources: ABC News Australia

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