Teen Girl Survives Deadly Plane Crash In French Alps

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<p> Teen girl survives deadly plane crash in French Alps </p>< br />

<p>2013-03-05 05:53:03 GMT+7 (ICT) </p><br /> <p>ANNEMASSE, FRANCE (BNO NEWS) -- Two people were killed Monday when a small business jet struck a house and crashed in a residential area of the French Alps near the Swiss border, local authorities said, but a young girl miraculously survived. The cause of the crash was not immediately known.<br /></p><br /><p>The accident happened shortly before 9 a.m. local time on Monday when the private twin-engine PRM1 corporate jet clipped the roof of a farm house and slammed into the yard of a second house near a small airport in the eastern town of Annemasse in France's Haute-Savoie region, located about 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) from Geneva.<br /></p><br /><p>Police said the aircraft, which was en-route to Geneva, burst into flames upon impact and was completely destroyed. And although suffering serious injuries to the pelvis, a 15-year-old girl who was on board the aircraft miraculously survived the crash. The pilot, believed to be the girl's father, and another unidentified man were killed.<br /></p><br /><p>All the victims were said to be French citizens.<br /></p><br /><p>The exact cause of the accident was not immediately known, but witnesses said the aircraft had already experienced difficulties during takeoff and took a sharp turn to the right moments before clipping the roof of the house. The residential building suffered serious damage but there were no reports of casualties on the ground.<br /></p> <p>

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