A private jet has crashed into a building in Argentina leaving two people dead. (Image: AFP via Getty)
A plane that was coming into land at San Fernando Airport in overshot the runway and crashed into a house.
Reports claimed the appeared to lose control as it came into land at about midday local time on December 18.
The jet appeared to then try to speed up and take off again, but it instead left the runway and crashed into a house at high speed, reported.
It then erupted into flames, killing the pilot and co-pilot – who were the only people on board at the time.
A 73-year-old man who lived in one of the homes that were damaged was also taken to hospital.
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The plane left the runway and crashed into a house at high speed. (Image: Getty)
Firefighters quickly arrived at the scene to put a blaze out and investigators are now exploring the wreck.
“We saw the plane coming at full speed. We heard it,” said Melany, one of the homeowners, who is pregnant.
“We were in the yard, and we saw it coming from behind the bars. It was coming straight at us.
“We started running to the back. If we didn’t break the wall, we would have died there with the plane.”