Teen girl survives deadly plane crash in French Alps

USPA News - Two people were killed Monday when a small business jet struck a house and crashed in a residential area of the French Alps near the Swiss border, local authorities said, but a young girl miraculously survived. The cause of the crash was not immediately known.

The accident happened shortly before 9 a.m. local time on Monday when the private twin-engine PRM1 corporate jet clipped the roof of a farm house and slammed into the yard of a second house near a small airport in the eastern town of Annemasse in France`s Haute-Savoie region, located about 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) from Geneva. Police said the aircraft, which was en-route to Geneva, burst into flames upon impact and was completely destroyed. And although suffering serious injuries to the pelvis, a 15-year-old girl who was on board the aircraft miraculously survived the crash. The pilot, believed to be the girl`s father, and another unidentified man were killed. All the victims were said to be French citizens. The exact cause of the accident was not immediately known, but witnesses said the aircraft had already experienced difficulties during takeoff and took a sharp turn to the right moments before clipping the roof of the house. The residential building suffered serious damage but there were no reports of casualties on the ground.