A SMALL PLANE is reported to have crashed into a flight safety building at an airport in Kansas.

Emergency crews were headed to Wichita’s Mid-Continent Airport after huge plumes of black smoke were seen rising into the sky.

A local NBC news channel is reporting that one person is in a critical condition and that 10 people are unaccounted for.

KSN says that the plane is a small twin engined aircraft and lost an engine during take off before crashing into the building.

Crews report plane has hit airport building http://t.co/EF9r3FOER1 via @KSNNews pic.twitter.com/mixGy0Ssc8
— KSN News Wichita (@KSNNews) October 30, 2014

KSN News Wichita / Twitter

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