<p>A light plane crashed in a rural area of Australia's New South Wales state on Friday, killing the male pilot and three children who were on board, police said late on Friday.</p>

<p>The Cirrus SR22 took off from Canberra and crashed about 3 p.m. local time (0400 GMT) near the town of Queanbeyan which is roughly 290 kilometres (180 miles) from Sydney.</p>

<p>Emergency services responded to reports that a plane had crashed and was in flames, with firefighters extinguishing the blaze but there were no survivors, police said.</p>

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A light plane crashed in a rural area of Australia's New South Wales state on Friday, killing the male pilot and three children who were on board, police said late on Friday.

A light plane crashed in a rural area of Australia's New South Wales state on Friday, killing the male pilot and three children who were on board, police said late on Friday. The Cirrus SR22 took off from Canberra and crashed about 3 p.m. local time (0400 GMT) near the town of Queanbeyan which is roughly 290 kilometres (180 miles) from Sydney. Emergency services responded to reports that a plane had crashed and was in flames, with firefighters extinguishing the blaze but there were no survivors, police said. WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here. ×

Light plane crashes in rural Australia, four killed

<p>&nbsp;A light plane crashed and burst into flames on a residential street in Melbourne on Friday (June 8), killing the pilot and bringing down overhead power lines, police said.</p>

<p>Video shared&nbsp;showed a trail of fire on the road leading up to the burning wreckage.</p>

<p>The plane came down on Scarlet St, Mordialloc, a narrow tree-lined street with single-floor houses about 25 kilometres (15 miles) from the centre of Australia's second city, police officer Belinda Batty said in an emailed statement. One person, the only occupant was confirmed dead and no one else was injured. The plane came down less than a kilometre from a small airfield.</p>


The plane came down on Scarlet St, Mordialloc, a narrow tree-lined street with single-floor houses

A light plane crashed and burst into flames on a residential street in Melbourne on Friday (June 8), killing the pilot and bringing down overhead power lines, police said. Video shared showed a trail of fire on the road leading up to the burning wreckage. The plane came down on Scarlet St, Mordialloc, a narrow tree-lined street with single-floor houses about 25 kilometres (15 miles) from the centre of Australia's second city, police officer Belinda Batty said in an emailed statement. One person, the only occupant was confirmed dead and no one else was injured. The plane came down less than a kilometre from a small airfield.

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