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Leif Furuheim og undertegnede gikk på Cessna Citation 550 kurs i Wichita i 1980. Sikkert ikke samme bygning, men dog...

Three of the dead were inside a flight simulator in the building at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport when the plane crashed into it, and the fourth was found on the roof and is believed to be the pilot, Wichita Fire Chief Ronald Blackwell said.

Five others were injured in the crash, and one of those was in serious condition at a hospital, Blackwell said. Officials said only one person was on board the plane and that everyone who was in the building had been accounted for. Identities of the victims were not immediately released.

King Air Crashes into FlightSafety Citation Center
A Beechcraft-owned King Air 200 crashed onto the roof of FlightSafety International’s Cessna Citation Training Center on the north side at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport (KICT) this morning just before 10 a.m. CDT. Authorities reported that the sole-occupant pilot–Mark Goldstein, a contract pilot–reported an engine failure on takeoff and was trying to return to the airport. Goldstein was attempting to ferry the twin turboprop to Mena, Ark., Ryan Aviation president Ron Ryan told Wichita NBC affiliate KSNW. So far, Goldstein and three occupants of the building are confirmed dead. Five other victims from inside the building were transported to a local hospital, one in serious condition (downgraded from an initial assessment of “critical”) and the other four in fair or good condition. As many as 100 employees and visitors could have been in the building at the time, according to authorities, and five remained unaccounted for at press time. The King Air, N52SZ, was registered to Raytheon Aircraft on October 2. FlightAware.com shows the most recent flight as September 16, from Altoona, Pa., to Wichita. The previous registered owner was Sheetz Aviation, a Delaware-registered corporation. Wichita Fire Chief Ron Blackwell described the fire as “horrific.” News video showed flames and smoke billowing from the building. Airport firefighters were the first to arrive on the scene, and up to 60 firefighters ultimately responded, bringing the fire under control within an hour of the crash. After 30 minutes, firefighters were withdrawn from the building, which was determined to be unstable. Air traffic resumed after the fire was brought under control. The NTSB is expected to be on site later today.

Fire chief: 2 killed after plane hits building at Wichita airport

By Eliott C. McLaughlin and Jason Hanna, CNN

October 30, 2014 -- Updated 1632 GMT (0032 HKT)

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• NEW: 2 dead, 4 seriously injured and five missing after crash, fire chief says
• Official: A Hawker Beechcraft King Air crashed into a building near Wichita's airport
• Part of building's roof collapsed after twin-engine plane crashed on takeoff, KSNW says

(CNN) -- Two people are dead and four people are injured after a small plane crashed into a building near Wichita's Mid-Continent Airport in southern Kansas on Thursday morning, the city's fire chief said.

There are still five people unaccounted for, and authorities are trying to determine how many people were in the building at the time, Chief Ron Blackwell said.

"The injuries are serious injuries," he said. "We're grateful a large number of people appear to have gotten out of the building."

FAA investigators are on the scene, and the National Transportation Safety Board is aware of the incident, CNN affiliate KSNW reported.

Plane crash at Kansas airport

"There is a small aircraft that went into the FlightSafety building," near Mid-Continent Airport, according to Steve Phillips, a FlightSafety International spokesman.

The plane is a Hawker Beechcraft King Air, Phillips said.

It "crashed into the roof of our training center. I have no information on how many on board," he said. "We have the manager of the training center on site, and he's making sure everyone is OK, but I don't have an answer for that."

The building is across the street from the airport, he said.

The FAA said the twin-engine plane lost an engine on takeoff and crashed into a two-story building, KSNW reported. The roof on the building's eastern side has collapsed, the station reported.