An eight- year-old girl and a man were killed while sunbathing when a small plane plummeted on to a crowded beach in Portugal on Wednesday , apparently due to engine failure.
The plane made little noise as it skimmed low over hundreds of people on Sao Joao da Caparica’s sands , about 20 kilometres ( 12 miles ) south of Lisbon, witnesses told Portuguese media.
“ It happened very fast , there was no chance to prepare … to run, ” Enrique Coelho, who was playing with his son at the beach and saw the plane crash , told cable news station SIC Noticias .
The victims were hit by the plane , the commander of the port of Lisbon, Jose Isabel , told reporters at the scene .
The girl was with her parents , who were unhurt , witnesses said.
The two occupants of the plane were unhurt and were led away by police for questioning .
The plane , a Cessna CS- AVA, had been rented by the Aviacao Aerocondor flight training school in Cascais , a seaside town near Lisbon , the school said in a statement .
“ The plane was carrying out a training flight with a student and a senior instructor , who had a great deal of experience ,” it said.
The instructor could be heard telling a control tower that the plane had suffered engine failure and was going to make an emergency landing, according to a recording broadcast on Portuguese television .
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Beachgoers surrounded the plane after it crash landed and confronted its two occupants , the images also showed .
The plane appeared to have a partly broken left wing, which hung lower than the right wing .
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