Two confirms dead in New York plane crash

Two people were killed when a small plane slammed into a high-rise apartment building in New York on Wednesday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.

Bloomberg told reporters that two pilots on board were killed, adding one of the them was a student pilot.

According to the mayor, no one was hurt in the building and the blaze was put out by firefighters in time.

The cause for the crash is still under investigation, said Bloomberg, noting that both Homeland Security Agency and New York Police Department believe the aviation disaster was only an accident, with no link to terrorism.

Source: Xinhua