Melbourne Plane Crash, Victims Named (Photos)

This image made from video shows the site of a plane crash at Essendon Airport in Melbourne, Australia Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. An official says a light plane has crashed into a shopping mall in the city of Melbourne. (Channel 9 via AP)

A commercial charter flight heading from Essendon Airport in Melbourne to King Island in the Bass Strait crashed in a “massive fireball” into a shopping center near the airport, shortly after takeoff killing all the five people on board.

Sky News reported that the Beechcraft Super King Airplane came in ‘low and fast’ before it crashed onto DFO (Direct Factory Outlet) at Essendon Fields at about 9am on Tuesday, February 21, 2017.

The twin-engine aircraft which was owned by Myjet had been hired by Corporate and Leisure Travel.

None of the staff at the shopping center which was not yet open to the public was injured or killed.

News Corp has confirmed the identity of the pilot as an Australian man named Max Quartermain while the United States state department has confirmed to US network NBC in a statement that all of the four passengers were Americans. 

According to Sky News report, two of the four passengers are Greg Reynolds De Haven and Russell Munsch, as being named by their families on social media.

Police said that the plane had a “catastrophic engine failure” and was turning back to the airport before it crashed.

Both the Essendon airport and the DFO shopping centre are closed to allow for investigations.

Below are photos of the aftermath:

A huge cloud of smoke could be seen from the nearby airport

Witnesses said the plane clipped a JB Hi-Fi store before exploding in the adjacent Spotlight venue. Source: AAP

Witnesses described the shockwave felt after the plane crashed into the shopping centre. Photo: 7 News.

Five on board the plane were killed on impact. Photo: 7 News.

Melbourne’s Tullamarine Freeway was declared a crime scene as what appears to be one of the wheels from the plane came to rest on the roadway. Photo: AAP

The damage at the back of the DFO building where the plane hit. Source: AAP

Victorian Police Minister Lisa Neville has confirmed that five passengers were onboard the plane. (Yahoo News)

The plane nosedived into the DFO shopping centre on the Tullamarine Freeway in Melbourne’s north. Source: Facebook/Yahoo News

A car parked out the front of Spotlight was destroyed in the blaze. Source: Yahoo News

This image made from video shows the site of a plane crash at Essendon Airport in Melbourne, Australia Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. An official says a light plane has crashed into a shopping mall in the city of Melbourne. (Channel 9 via AP)

In this image made from video, smoke billows from the site of a plane crash at Essendon Airport in Melbourne, Australia Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. An official says a light plane has crashed into a shopping mall in the city of Melbourne. The mall adjoins the airport. (Channel 9 via AP)

This image made from video shows the site of a plane crash at Essendon Airport in Melbourne, Australia Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. An official says a light plane has crashed into a shopping mall in the city of Melbourne. (Channel 9 via AP)

Bomb Threats Forced Two Air France Planes To Land

Two Air France flights, Flight AF055 from Washington Dulles and Flight AF065 from Los Angeles to Paris Charles de Gaulle had been diverted following security alert.

Flight AF055 from Washington Dulles with 262 passengers landed safely in Halifax while Flight AF065 from Los Angeles with 497 people on board, landed safely in Utah.

Sky News reported that the airline received anonymous threats for both flights after they took off.

Air France made a statement that, “As a precautionary measure and to conduct all necessary security checks, Air France, applying their safety regulations in force, decided to request the landings of both aircraft.”

Authorities are carrying out full inspections of the aircrafts, passengers and their luggage.

Video: Co-pilot Intentionally Crashed Germanwings Flight 4U 9525

In a news conference given by Marseille prosecutor Brice Robin, reporters were told that the co-pilot of the Germanwings plane had intentionally crashed the Airbus A320 into the Alps.

The co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz was 28 and a German national.

Sky News reported that:

Mr Robin said it appears the co-pilot, who was a German national and who had never been flagged as a terrorist, appeared to want to “destroy the plane”.

Please click the link below for the Press Association video of the news conference from Marseilles.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/video/alps-crash-co-pilot-andreas-141100468.html?format=embed&player_autoplay=false

#MH370: Photo Of The Two Oil Slicks Seen Off Vietnam

Below is the photo of the two oil slicks seen off the southern tip of Vietnam and were each between 10 kilometers (6 miles) and 15 kilometers (9 miles) long.

Anyway there was still no confirmation that the slicks were related to the missing plane.

(Please click here for, Vietnam Spots Oil Slicks In Hunt For Missing Jet)

The two oil slicks seen off Vietnam. (Photo from Sky News)

Photos: Major Atlantic Storm Kills 2 In England

In Hounslow, a tree collapsed on a house, reportedly causing a gas explosion. (London Fire Brigade) 2 / 18 Yahoo News | Photo by London Fire Brigade / London Fire

Southern England was hit by a major Atlantic storm, which could be its worst in years.

Strong winds blew and heavy rains fell late Sunday.

Two people were killed by falling trees in the severe storm and Sky News reported that a 14-year-old boy, named locally as Dylan Alkins, is feared dead after being swept out to sea on Sunday in Newhaven, East Sussex.

Hurricane-speed winds of up to 100mph swept across the South West, South, South East, the Midlands and the East of England.

Several London Underground and train services were suspended, the port of Dover in Kent temporarily shut after gusts of 65 knots were recorded in the area.

More than 130 flights at Heathrow Airport were cancelled because of the weather.

The Environment Agency said there were 12 flood warnings in place across the South West, the Midlands and the East of England. 

Please click the photos for larger images:

A car splashes through a flooded road near the village of Whitford, in Devon, as southern England woke up to brutal storms. (AFP)

A fallen tree blocks the road outside Strand Station in cenral London. (PA) 11 / 18 Press Association | Photo by PA / PA

Wet and windy conditions on the A14 made commuting particularly difficult for thousands of motorists. (REX)

A fallen tree delayed this bus on Turnpike Lane, north London. (Ben Hewis/Twitter/PA)

A tree blocks the railway line at Beltring in Kent, as more than 40,000 homes are left without power. (PA)

A fallen tree uprooted in Ealing, West London, falls into a homeowner’s front garden as the St. Jude’s Storm battered Britain. (PA)

This car had its back window completely crumpled by a fallen tree in the storm. (Rex)

Cars battle through floods just outside Bristol following a downpour last night. (SWNS)

A fallen tree blocks the A12 Newbury Park, London, as commuters face rush-hour chaos this morning as they wake up to the impact of the worst storm in years. (PA) 4 / 18 Press Association | Photo by PA / PA

In Hounslow, a tree collapsed on a house, reportedly causing a gas explosion. (London Fire Brigade) 2 / 18 Yahoo News | Photo by London Fire Brigade / London Fire

A car is crushed under a fall tree in Hornsey, North London. (PA) 1 / 18 Press Association | Photo by PA / PA

A tree is uprooted on Hoe Street, Walthamstow, London, as commuters face rush-hour chaos on Monday morning. (PA) 3 / 18 Press Association | Photo by PA / PA

In Leyton, East London, there was carnage on the streets as damage and debris affected thousands. (PA)