Aircraft carrying five passengers crashes into DFO in Essendon

A light plane carrying five people has crashed into the DFO shopping centre in Essendon, near Essendon Airport.

The aircraft was a Beechworth King Air chartered for King Island that was being operated by Corporate and Leisure Travel, who had hired it from MyJet in Bendigo, Bas Nikolovski, CEO of Australian Corporate Jets confirmed, The Age reports.

Witnesses have said that the plane clipped JB Hi-Fi, before landing near Spotlight, 7 News reports.

The crash occurred just before 9am this morning, before the centre opened at 10am.

Essendon Plane Crash: Witnesses say the plane clipped the back of @JBHiFi, then landed near the Spotlight store. https://t.co/KZB186wTJu
— 7NEWS Sydney (@7NewsSydney) February 20, 2017

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**UPDATE** Aircraft was carrying 5 people – Possibly to King Island. Not an Air Ambulance aircraft. https://t.co/i2e2Z8jBL9
— 7NEWS Sydney (@7NewsSydney) February 20, 2017

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