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2015.07.26 crash at Chofu. Fire fighter machine, smoke. Piece of the airplane is seen at the left hand side of the fire fighter machine.

Location: 4 Chome-9-52 Fujimichō Chōfu-shi, Tōkyō-to 182-0033 35.66338, 139.53570

References

http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002313700 1:20 pm, July 26, 2015 The Japan News Three people were killed when a light airplane crashed into a residential area in the Fujimicho area of Chofu, Tokyo, at about 11 a.m. Sunday. The fatalities are believed to be two men in the airplane and a female resident of one of the houses that were set on fire in the crash. At least two people were believed to have been unable to escape from the houses and another two from the airplane. The incident occurred soon after the airplane left Chofu airport for Tokyo’s Izu-Oshima island.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/26/light-plane-crashes-into-tokyo-suburb-and-sets-houses-on-fire Three feared dead after light plane crashes into Tokyo suburb. Firefighters battles burning houses after five-seater plane comes down in residential district of Chofu in Japan’s capital NHK, quoting police, said two people on board and one female local resident were killed in the accident. At least three houses and two cars were on fire in the capital’s residential district of Chofu near the airport, and the crash also damaged the roofs of other houses nearby, according to the spokesman and local media. A witness told NHK: “I thought it was flying quite low.” Television footage showed firefighters battling the blaze, and showed the remains of the plane’s tail.