Five killed in a private plane crash in eastern Burkina Faso

A private aircraft with seven people aboard crashed into a tree Wednesday after failing to take off successfully in Burkina Faso's eastern region, killing five people and injuring two, authorities said. The plane was taking off from a local airport in the city of Diapaga en route to the city of Fada N’Gourma when it “ended up in a tree," the government news agency Agence d’Information du Burkina said. The two injured people were rushed to a health facility, and authorities had begun an investigation into the crash, Burkina Faso's Transportation Ministry said in a statement.