5 killed when small plane crashes through Arizona airport fence [Video]

Five people were killed when a small plane crashed through a fence and hit a car while aborting takeoff at an Arizona airport Tuesday afternoon, officials said.The Honda HA-420 jet crashed around 4:40 p.m. at Falcon Field Airport in Mesa – a city about 25 miles east of Phoenix – according to the National Transportation Safety Board.”Preliminary information indicates that the plane impacted the airport perimeter fence and a passenger vehicle during an aborted takeoff,” the NTSB said in an emailed statement to CNN Wednesday morning.Five people were killed in the crash, according to Marrisa Ramirez-Ramos, a spokesperson for the Mesa Fire and Medical Department, who declined to comment further on the deaths.”Five people were on board the plane,” the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement to CNN. “The aircraft struck a vehicle outside of the airport property.”Fire officials, the FAA and the NTSB didn’t specify whether anyone outside …