5 reported dead in small plane crash at Belgian airport
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Belgian media say that a small tourist plane has crashed near Brussels, killing five people, three of them children.
The website of the newspaper Le Soir says the plane had a problem on takeoff, tried to return to the airport, but crashed beside the runway.
According to the news website sudinfo.be, the victims were a 68-year-old man, a 39-year-old mother, and three children aged 7, 6 and 3. Le Soir said the victims are from Brussels.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The accident is reported to have taken place around 10 a.m. local time, 0900GMT, on Saturday. The airport has been closed until mid-afternoon, and flights are being diverted. Charleroi is about 40 miles south of Brussels.