Three people were killed when a light airplane crashed into a residential area in the Fujimicho area of Chofu, Tokyo, at about 11 a.m. Sunday.
The fatalities are believed to be two men in the airplane and a female resident of one of the houses that were set on fire in the crash. At least two people were believed to have been unable to escape from the houses and another two from the airplane.
The incident occurred soon after the airplane left Chofu airport for Tokyo’s Izu-Oshima island.
