An international airlift plane crashed in the United States!

According to CCTV news reports, a small plane crashed near Nashville, Tennessee, USA on the evening of the 4th local time, killing five people. The cause of the accident is still under investigation.

According to a local police spokesman, the pilot of the plane contacted John Thune Airport at about 19:40 on the 4th to report engine failure and ask for an emergency landing. A few minutes later, the pilot said he could not fly to the airport. 

The plane crashed near Interstate 40 in Tennessee, west of Nashville, about 4.8 kilometers from the airport, according to Xinhua, citing the Associated Press. The Nashville Fire Department said the plane caught fire when rescuers arrived at the scene.

Nashville police confirmed on the 5th that five people on board were killed. The fire department said no one on the ground was injured. According to the police statement, FAA investigators have arrived at the scene of the accident, and the National Transportation Safety Board has also sent people to the scene.

In addition, according to China Overseas Chinese Network, citing foreign media reports, witnesses uploaded videos of the incident on social media, showing that the plane was quickly engulfed by the fire, emitting thick black smoke and soaring into the sky. Police also released photos of the wreckage of the plane on the grass beside the highway.

A spokesman for Nashville Police Department said,"The accident caused disastrous consequences, and the scene was no one lives", and "the police and firefighters encountered a fierce fire when they arrived at the scene". 

美国一国际空运飞机坠毁！

       据央视新闻报道，当地时间4日晚，一架小型飞机在美国田纳西州首府纳什维尔市附近坠毁，导致5人死亡，事故原因仍在调查中。

       据当地警方发言人通报，这架飞机的飞行员曾于4日19时40分左右联系约翰·图恩机场，报告飞机引擎出现故障并要求紧急降落。数分钟后，飞行员称无法飞到机场。

       据新华社援引美联社报道，飞机在纳什维尔西部、田纳西州40号州际公路附近坠毁，距离机场大约4.8公里。纳什维尔消防部门说，救援人员赶到现场时，这架飞机起火。

       纳什维尔警方5日确认，机上5人遇难。消防部门说，事故没有造成地面人员受伤。据警方声明，美国联邦航空局调查人员已经抵达事故现场，美国国家运输安全委员会也已派人赶赴现场。

  另外，据中国侨网援引外媒报道，从目击者上传社交媒体的事发影片可见，飞机起火后迅速遭火势吞没，冒出浓浓黑烟直蹿天际。警方也发布了公路旁草地上的飞机残骸照片。

  纳什维尔警局发言人称，“本次事故造成灾难性后果，现场无人生还”，“警方以及消防人员抵达现场时更遭遇猛烈火势”。