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A small Swiss-registered plane has crashed near a Lidl supermarket in Tires, just west of the Portuguese capital Lisbon, killing five people.

Portuguese media say the victims were the pilot, three passengers and a lorry driver, whose vehicle was hit.

Three of the dead were French citizens and one Swiss, reports say. The plane had been en route to Marseille.

It crashed after take-off from a local airfield. The cause is not known. Tires is about 20km (12 miles) from Lisbon.

The crash site is a car park in a residential area between Lisbon and the upmarket resort of Cascais.

Dozens of firefighters are at the scene.</s>LISBON, Portugal (AP) - Portuguese emergency services say that a small plane has crashed next to a supermarket near Lisbon, killing four people on board and one on the ground.

Operational commander Miguel Cruz has told The Associated Press that the dead are the Swiss pilot, three French passengers on the plane and a Portuguese truck driver.

Cruz said by telephone that the Swiss-registered plane crashed shortly after takeoff Monday from Tires aerodrome, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) west of the Portuguese capital.

The truck driver was offloading his cargo outside the supermarket when the plane crashed near him.</s>Smoke rises behind a supermarket near Lisbon after a small plane crashed. Portuguese officials say a small plane has crashed beside a supermarket near Lisbon, killing four people on board the aircraft and one on the ground. Four people were slightly injured. (Ramiro Ribeiro via AP)

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A small plane crashed Monday beside a supermarket near Lisbon, 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 takeoff from the small Tires airfield, 20 kilometers (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 truck driver was offloading his cargo at the supermarket's rear cargo bay, about 2 kilometers (just over 1 mile) from the runway, when the plane crashed near him. His truck was set ablaze.

Authorities declined to identify those killed in the plane until their identities could be compared with the flight plan.

The injured were shopping inside the supermarket and were treated for shock and smoke inhalation. The crash occurred about 150 meters (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 evacuate their homes.</s>LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A small plane crashed Monday beside a supermarket near Lisbon, 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 kilometers (12 miles) west of the Portuguese capital, Cruz said.

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 truck driver was offloading his cargo at the supermarket’s rear cargo bay, about 2 kilometers (just over 1 mile) from the runway, when the plane crashed near him. His truck was set ablaze.

The injured were shopping inside the supermarket, which is located in a residential neighborhood, and were treated for shock and smoke inhalation. The crash occurred about 150 meters (yards) from an elementary school.

About three dozen firefighting vehicles rushed to the scene. One nearby house was blackened by smoke.</s>LISBON, Portugal -- A small plane crashed Monday beside a supermarket near Lisbon, 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 that 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 truck driver was offloading his cargo at the supermarket's rear cargo bay, about 2 kilometres (just over 1 mile) from the runway, when the plane crashed near him. His truck was set ablaze.

Authorities declined to identify those killed in the plane until their identities could be compared with the flight manifesto.

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.</s>LISBON, Portugal (AP) — 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 were 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 Tires aerodrome, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) west of the Portuguese capital, Cruz said.

The truck driver was offloading his cargo at the supermarket’s rear cargo bay, which is about two kilometers (just over a mile) from the runway, when the plane crashed near him. His truck was in flames.

The injured were shopping inside the supermarket, which is located in a residential neighborhood, and were treated for shock and smoke inhalation.

About three dozen firefighting vehicles were sent to the scene, officials said. One nearby house was blackened by smoke.</s>Five people have died after a small aircraft crashed into a supermarket in the town of Tires, just west of Lisbon.

Portuguese media say the victims were the pilot, three passengers and a lorry driver, whose vehicle was hit. Three of the dead were French citizens and one Swiss, reports said.</s>Five people have been killed after a small plane crashed into a Lidl supermarket car park near Lisbon in Portugal.

All four crew members were killed in the crash, as well as one man on the ground.

The light aircraft is believed to have exploded in mid-air before crashing near the supermarket warehouse shortly after midday.

The plane went down in a residential area, about 150m from a school.

The aircraft fell onto a lorry in the car park below causing it to catch fire and killing the driver who was unloading goods at the supermarket’s rear cargo bay.

Operational commander Miguel Cruz said those killed are the Swiss pilot, three French passengers on the plane and a Portuguese truck driver.

Four people inside the supermarket doing their shopping at the time were also treated for shock and smoke inhalation.

One nearby house was also blackened by smoke.

The scene of the accident was attended by 50 rescue workers, and around 36 firefighting vehicles.

The plane had taken off from Tires aerodrome – which is used mainly by private aircraft and situated about 12m (20km) west of the Portuguese capital – shortly before the crash.</s>A small plane has crashed next to a supermarket near Lisbon, killing four people on board and one on the ground, according to Portuguese emergency services.

Those killed in the incident are the Swiss pilot, three French passengers on the plane and a Portuguese truck driver, said operational commander Miguel Cruz.

Mr Cruz said the Swiss-registered plane crashed shortly after take-off on Monday from Tires, about 12 miles west of the Portuguese capital.

The truck driver was offloading his cargo outside the supermarket when the plane crashed near him.

Four people were slightly injured in the incident, emergency services said.

The injured were shopping inside the supermarket, which is located in a residential neighbourhood, and were treated for shock and smoke inhalation.

About three dozen firefighting vehicles were sent to the scene, officials said. One nearby house was blackened by smoke.</s>LISBON: A small airplane crashed near a supermarket in a residential area outside Lisbon on Monday, killing five people, rescue workers said.

The private airplane crashed after taking off from the small Tires airport, which is located near the resort town of Cascais about 20 km (12.5 miles) west of Lisbon and used mainly by private aircraft.

Andre Fernandes, a spokesman for the local emergency services, said the plane was headed for Marseilles in France. Everyone on board the plane, three French and one Swiss, died.

Another person on the ground died when the plane crashed into a truck, setting off a fire, Fernandes said. The cause of the accident was not yet known.

President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa went to the site of the crash. There were more than 50 rescue workers at the site.
A small Swiss-owned plane crashes in the Portuguese village of Tires, west of Lisbon, killing at least five people.