A small plane carrying five people crashed and burst into flames in a car park at a retirement home in Pennsylvania on Sunday afternoon. Air traffic control audio captured the pilot reporting that the aircraft “has an open door, we need to return for a landing" before the incident.

The site where a small plane crashed into the parking lot of a retirement community is cordoned off with police tape in Lititz, Pennsylvania, U.S., March 9, 2025, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Breann Rehm/via REUTERS