Plane crash-lands in Australian suburbs, killing pilot

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 sharedshowed 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.