Small plane hits building in downtown Anchorage, at least 1 dead

Small plane crash.
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A small airplane clipped an office building before crashing into a commercial building in downtown Anchorage on Tuesday, killing at least one person on board, The Associated Press reports. The building the plane hit caught fire afterward, although the Anchorage Assistant Fire Chief Alex Boyd said there were no injuries on the ground. It is still unknown if there was another person aboard the plane.

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