Plane 'with open door' crashes into care home car park in Pennsylvania - Air traffic control audio captured the pilot reporting that the aircraft ‘has an open door, we need to return for a landing’

A single-engine airplane carrying five people crashed and burst into flames Saturday in the parking lot of a retirement community.

A plane with five people on board crashed Sunday afternoon outside an airport in suburban Pennsylvania, officials said.

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.

A Cedarville University student was on the plane headed for Springfield that crashed in Pennsylvania on Sunday.

All five passengers were transported to Lancaster General Hospital, where trauma and emergency teams were at the ready to provide care, according to hospital spokesperson. Two of the patients were later transported to Lehigh Valley Health Network’s burn center by PennSTAR flight crews,