Picture released by Aton Chile showing firefighters working at the scene after a light aircraft crashed into a house in Puerto Montt after taking off from La Paloma aerodrome, about 1000 km south of Santiago on April 16, 2019. - The pilot and five passengers where killed when the aircraft plunged into a two-story house setting it on fire. (Photo by Javier DUQUE / ATON CHILE / AFP) / Chile OUT / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / ATON CHILE / JAVIER DUQUE"
Picture released by Aton Chile showing firefighters working at the scene after a light aircraft crashed into a house in Puerto Montt after taking off from La Paloma aerodrome, about 1000 km south of Santiago on April 16, 2019. - The pilot and five passengers where killed when the aircraft plunged into a two-story house setting it on fire. (Photo by Javier DUQUE / ATON CHILE / AFP) / Chile OUT / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / ATON CHILE / JAVIER DUQUE"
Picture released by Aton Chile showing firefighters working at the scene after a light aircraft crashed into a house in Puerto Montt after taking off from La Paloma aerodrome, about 1000 km south of Santiago on April 16, 2019. – The pilot and five passengers where killed when the aircraft plunged into a two-story house setting it on fire. (Photo by Javier DUQUE / ATON CHILE / AFP) / Chile OUT / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / ATON CHILE / JAVIER DUQUE”Six people died on Tuesday after a light aircraft crashed into a house in southern Chile, authorities said.
The plane plummeted after getting entangled in power lines shortly after take-off from La Paloma airport in Puerto Montt, a port city 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) to the south of the capital Santiago, said Harry Jurgensen, the governor of the Los Lagos region.
Local television pictures showed the house, which caught fire after being hit by the plane, completely gutted.
The plane’s tail could be seen on television images lying in the garden of the destroyed house.
