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Malta plane was β€˜down before anyone knew it’

A passenger on a different plane who witnessed a plane crash at Malta Airport described observing β€œa massive burst of flames”.

Five people died after the twin-prop Metroliner crashed at 5:30 BST after taking off from Luqa airport on a flight to Libya.

Edward De Gaetano caught the incident on camera and told 5 live that the β€œsurrounding area was engulfed in smoke and fire”.

β€œThere was panic, because no one knew what was going on and we were close to the incident,” he added.

This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Monday 24 October 2016.

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