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    Plane crashes at Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita.
    WICHITA, Kan. — Several emergency response crews have responded to a plane crash at the Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita, Kan.
    KAKE-TV reports the plane crashed into the Flight Safety building and that smoke can be seen from miles away. It’s unclear how many passengers were on board or what injuries passengers and/or crew may have sustained. KAKE-TV reports people may be trapped inside. The aircraft is reportedly a King Plane.
    https://twitter.com/Kelli2431/status/527836902636797954
    Photo from the area: http://rotter.net/User_files/forum/5...40f77ae9d1.jpg
    This is a developing story. Refresh this page for updates.
    Very sad.

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    WICHITA, Kan. — Four people, including the pilot, have been killed and others are hurt after a plane crashed into a building at Wichita's Mid-Continent Airport.

    Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Tony Molinaro says a twin-engine Beechcraft King Air 200 reported losing engine power just after takeoff around 9:50 a.m. Thursday.

    The plane crashed into the roof of a building shortly after declaring an aircraft emergency. The plane hit the north building of FlightSafety International Cessna pilot training center, located at 1851 Airport Road. More than 100 people, employees and visitors, were inside the building when it happened.

    The crash ignited what Wichita Fire Chief Ronald D. Blackwell described as a "horrific" fire. It led to a two-alarm fire at the building, which took some time for firefighters to get under control. Part of the building also collapsed.

    The Wichita Fire Department confirmed that four people died and five others were hurt. Everyone else has been accounted for, after an initial report of up to four people missing.

    Ron Ryan, formerly of Ryan International Airlines, told KAKE's Chris Frank that the pilot is among those dead. Family identified him as 53-year-old Mark Goldstein, a longtime Wichitan, contract pilot and retired air traffic controller.

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