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 It was not immediately clear whether the pilot of the aircraft had
survived, said police spokesman Ron Gaines.
The pilot of the Aero Commander 500 cargo plane departed from
Chicago Midway International Airport and shortly after, asked to
return due to engine troubles, said Federal Aviation Administration
spokeswoman Elizabeth Cory in a statement.
The plane crashed about a quarter mile (0.4 km) from the runway
around 2:40 a.m., Cory said.
Cory said the pilot was the only person onboard, and that the
National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA would investigate.
Local broadcaster WGN-TV published a photo showing the plane's tail
standing upright in front of the crumbled facade of the building.
The multi-engine plane is registered to the Kansas-based Central
Airlines Inc, according to the FAA aircraft registry. Police earlier
said the plane was a single-engine craft.
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A person answering the phone for Central Air Southwest said the
company was cooperating with the investigation, and declined to
provide additional comment.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Andrew
Heavens and W Simon)
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