The wreckage of a light aircraft smoulders on a street in Farnborough, north Kent March 30, 2008. Five people are believed to have been on board a private plane that crashed into residential properties near Farnborough in north Kent around 2.30 P.M. on Sunday, police said. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)

Two pilots and three passengers were killed in an aircraft crash on Sunday in south-eastern England.

A private aircraft crashed into homes in Farnborough, Kent, at 14:30 GMT and burst into flames, destroying a garage and house, which was empty at the time. The people who live in the damaged house were away on holiday.