Rescuers in Ohio are searching burnt out houses and an apartment block after a private jet crashed into them as it was trying to land at a nearby airport.

One report says up to nine people on the aircraft were killed.

The plane clipped electricity lines as it came down causing power cuts in the in the area.

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