The people of Belleville, Illinois are still a little shook up after an airplane crashed into a neighborhood home killing the two people in the plane and destroying the house it crashed into. A neighbor close to the house that was hit said, "I think everybody is still in shock." Accoording to the Federal Aviation Administration, the single-engine plane crashed at around 6:30p.m. on Sunday. Apparently no one on the ground was hurt. The site of the crash is adjacent to an airstrip, but the pilot was headed for the St. Louis Downtown Airport, which is about six miles away. The residents near by are use to hearing planes in the neightborhood because many people park their private planes in the plane garages. The sound they heard Sunday night was a little different than the usually plane overhead. They heard a screech then a big boom. Luckily the people who own the house that was crashed into were out to eat so they were not injured.
First of all, this is tragic and my sympathy goes out to the families affected by this crash. Second of all, I wish the article would have explained how the crash happened. They should have got some kind of information on how it went down. Hopefully they come out with another article with more details. Anyways, it seems to me that there has been tons of plane crashes lately. I don't know if its just me but i think there's been a more than normal amount of airplane incidents. From the Hudson crash to the time when the pilot bringing a plane to Minneapolis flew over the cities some 100 extra miles. It's kind of scary when you think about it, getting on a plane used to be nothing but ever since 9/11 and recent accidents, I'm a little more cautious and nervous when talking about getting on an airplane. There's a chance that something will go wrong and it's quite a risk.
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