Small plane crashes into resort in Philippines, 9 killed

A private plane has crashed at Miramonte Village in Brgy. Pansol, Calamba, Laguna.Philippine officials say a small plane has crashed into a resort area south of Manila and exploded in flames, but there was no immediate word on casualties as firefighters scrambled to control the fire. Provincial police chief Eleazar Matta says the light plane crashed in a swimming pool resort in Pansol village in Laguna province Sunday near the foothills of Mount Makiling and authorities were checking possible casualties on board the plane and on the ground.
Eric Apolonio of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines says a light plane on a medical evacuation flight from southern Dipolog city to Manila disappeared from radar for unknown reasons around the time the small plane crashed in mid-afternoon in Laguna, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of the capital.
The small plane reportedly crashed at Miramonte Village in Barangay (village) Pansol, Calamba, Laguna.
By late Sunday evening, nine bodies had been found. There were eight people aboard the light aircraft who died in the crash in Calamba City, local emergency official Jeffrey Rodriguez said.
Two persons on the ground were injured when the plane went down.Footage on social media showed the chaotic scene as an ambulance drove towards a building that was engulfed in flames and witnesses shouted for help in the street.There are people believed to be in the resort district when the plane went down. Police said two people were injured in the crash and were rushed to hospital.Philippine aviation authorities said six passengers and two pilots were aboard the craft when it disappeared from radar about 25 nautical miles from the capital Manila.