A private plane broke free from its wheel chock at the Malta International Airport before crashing into a building on Wednesday, local reports said.
The Times of Malta reports that after breaking loose, the empty jet proceeded off the runway down a slope and crashed through a fence before it smashed into a nearby building owned by the Poldiano Group, a Maltese construction firm.
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Sammut had posted photos of the plane lodged into the building on his Facebook page.
The plane, a Dassault Falcon 7X, is reportedly registered in Bermuda to Lord Michael Ashcroft, a former deputy chairman of the British Conservative Party,
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Ashcroft is listed as one of the world’s 1,500 wealthiest people, according to Forbes Magazine.
A Twitter user posted a picture of the incident, asking Ashcroft whether the plane was his.
He initially responded, “nooo…” before later deleting the tweet.
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