A SMALL airplane crashed in a busy business district in the Alaskan city of Anchorage during rush hour, killing a small child and injuring the four other people onboard, authorities said.
Bystanders rushed to help those onboard the Cessna 206 after it clipped the roof of a motel and crashed in front of an empty building, sparking a fire, shortly after 5pm. No other injuries were reported.
“It was the citizens who did the work and pulled people out,” said police Lieutenant Dave Parker.
A witness, Hunter Brosh, said a girl aged about 10 was among those pulled out alive.
Brosh was one of the motorists who jumped out of their cars to help get people out of the burning plane.
Parker said at least one of the injured was flown to a Seattle hospital.
The identities were not yet known, said Jennifer Rodi, a National Transportation Safety Board investigator.
Rodi said it was too early to say what caused the crash.
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