Manila-Sana
Eight people were killed when a small plane crashed on take-off from Ninoy Aquino International Airport in the Philippine capital, Manila, today.
"The plane, a BRC 5880 operated by Lion Air, was traveling to Japan, which crashed while taking off from the airport," the official Xinhua news agency quoted sources at the airport as saying.
Immediately after the accident, investigators from the Philippine Civil Aviation Authority arrived at the scene to investigate its circumstances.