Dashcam footage has captured the final moments of a doomed charter plane before it plunged into a shopping centre next to Melbourne's Essendon Airport.Five people were on board the Beechcraft charter plane bound for King Island, Tasmania, when the aircraft crashed on Tuesday about 9am.

Max Quartermain, 63, a pilot from Melbourne who owns Corporate and Leisure Aviation with his wife Cilla, is believed to have been flying the aircraft at the time, theHerald Sunreports.

Greg Reynolds, 70, a U.S. citizen, is also thought to have died in the crash along with two friends during a 'once in a lifetime trip' to Australia, according to posts on social media.

'There is constant explosions going off, there is black smoke billowing into the sky,' one caller told 3AW on Tuesday.

The plane crashed into the Direct Factory Outlet shopping centre and caused explosions of fireballs, witnesses said.

Firefighters have been battling the blaze next to Essendon Airport in Melbourne's north.

Too bad

Dearlordinheaven...It is well o. May God keep us safe from all evils o. The travelers already know that there was a certain percentage of risk involved in their venture...the shop keepers that are minding their businesses nko? It is well.

Melbourne couple Max (pictured), 63, and Cilla Quartermain own Corporate and Leisure Aviation and the charter plane.

It is not known if Mr Quartermain was flying the plane at the time.

Tullamarine Freeway was closed to traffic while investigators collected debris as evidence from the lanes.

The shopping centre was not due to open until 10am and only skeletal staff were there at the time.

About 20 staffs were there at the moment of the crash.

Spotlight store has done a head count and all 20 staff have reportedly been accounted for.

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The shopping centre was not due to open until 10am and only skeletal staff were there at the time.

Spotlight store has done a head count and all 20 staff have reportedly been accounted for.

Oluwaseun!

Firefighters are pictured at the scene.

Melbourne Fire Brigade's Air Operations Unit preparing to launch RPAS (drone) to assist crews on the ground at DFO incident near.

Smoke can be seen at the DFO outlet shopping centre in north Melbourne.

Spotlight employees comfort each other at the scene of the crash on Tuesday.

DFO Essendon posted to Facebook to confirm the incident.

Rooftop.

A stock photo of the Direct Factory Outlet (DFO) shopping centre next to the Essendon Airport in north Melbourne.

Oh my, this serious.

A stock photo of the plane that crashed into the DFO shopping centre is pictured on a separate occasion.






source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4243564/Plane-crashes-DFO-shopping-centre-Melbourne.html
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Oluwaseun!

We just thank God they didn't open earlier.

No matter the number of times I've flown , I still have a terrible phobia for flying. It feels like anything can just happen abruptly & that's the end.

May their souls rest in perfect peace