Witness, health sec on Portugal plane crash

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(17 Apr 2017) A small plane crashed beside a supermarket near Lisbon on Monday, killing four people on board the aircraft and one on the ground.
Four people were slightly injured, emergency services said.
The dead included the Swiss pilot, three French passengers on the plane and a Portuguese truck driver, emergency services operational commander Miguel Cruz told the Associated Press.
The Swiss-registered plane crashed shortly after a noon (1100 GMT) takeoff from the small Tires airfield, 20 kilometres (12 miles) west of the Portuguese capital, Cruz said.
Officials said the crash happened amid clear skies and a light wind.
The Tires airfield said the plane was a twin-engine Piper PA-31 Navajo aircraft.
The airfield was closed as authorities opened an investigation.
The injured were shopping inside the supermarket, which is located in a residential neighbourhood, and were treated for shock and smoke inhalation.
The crash occurred about 150 metres (yards) from an elementary school.
About three dozen firefighting vehicles rushed to the scene, arriving within six minutes, according to officials.
Nearby houses were blackened by smoke, with nine people forced to move out of their homes.


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