The pilot of a charter aircraft that crashed at Melbourne's Essendon Airport had been under investigation over a near miss at an alpine ski resort. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has been carrying out an inquiry into the incident at Mount Hotham in 2015.Five people have been killed when a plane crashed into a shopping centre near Melbourne's Essendon Airport. The commuter plane, bound for King Island in the Bass Strait, got into trouble just after take-off, with the pilot issuing mayday calls. It crashed into the back of a large shopping centre that borders the airport, killing all on board.
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