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Several die as plane crashes into Melbourne shops

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Several people died aboard a light aircraft that smashed into a shopping centre near the Australian city of Melbourne, the state premier said.

"A number of people have died as a result of what is the worst civil aviation accident that our state has seen for 30 years," Victoria premier Daniel Andrews said.

The Beechcraft private charter veered just after take-off into the shopping centre, that had yet to open, next to Essendon Fields airport, just north of Melbourne.

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First Published: Feb 21 2017 | 7:13 AM IST

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