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Small Plane Crashes into Home Near Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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Pleasance Coddington

According to reports on USA Today, a small plane heading to Fernandina Beach has crashed into a home in Oakland Park, near Fort Lauderdale, Florida this morning, around 11:20 a.m.

Officials believe the aircraft is a twin-engine propeller plane called a Cessna 421.

Presently, television images show damages to the home, but no one was inside when the incident transpired.

Broward County Sheriff Al Lamberti verified that the 80-year-old pilot of the plane, Cecil A. Murray, was killed in the crash.

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Pleasance CoddingtonPleasance is a British travel writer and online content specialist in travel. She has written for numerous publications and sites including Wired, Lucky, Rough Guides and Yahoo! Travel. After working for six years on content and social media at VisitBritain, she is now the Global Content and Social Media Manager for Cheapflights.

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