Five people died in Shanghai on Wednesday when a light aircraft crashed into a bridge in the city’s southwestern Jinshan District.

The Cessna 208B, a seaplane belonging to AVIC Joy General Aviation Co. Ltd., had two pilots and eight passengers on board when it crashed into the No. 7835 Bridge, a part of the highway connecting Shanghai and Hangzhou, according to a report by Sixth Tone’s sister publication The Paper.

The company is a subsidiary of the state-owned aerospace and defense company Aviation Industry Corporation of China.

Joy General Aviation declined an interview request from Sixth Tone on Wednesday afternoon.

In addition to the five deaths, one person was undergoing an operation, and four others were in stable condition as of 3:30 p.m.

The plane took off a little after noon, and just a minute later, the plane suddenly veered left, accelerated, and crashed into the bridge, according to news reporter Wu Liangliang of Chinese website KNews. Wu had been sitting in the last row of the cabin.

“I heard the co-pilot say ‘Bridge!’ and then the plane crashed,” Wu said. “It was like a dream.”

Wu said the plane should have flown parallel to the bridge, but for some reason it suddenly made a 90-degree turn to the left. Passengers on the plane were thrown from their seats, he added.

Rescue personnel arrived on the scene soon after the crash, Wu said, and they smashed a window to get the passengers out.

Cessna’s parent company Textron Aviation said in a statement that it was aware of the accident.

“We offer our sincere condolences to the families who lost a loved one,” the statement said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone affected by this tragic event.”

Passengers on board were taking part in a two-day excursion that was supposed to take them from Jinshan to Shengsi and Zhoushan islands, both in Zhejiang province. It wasn’t immediately clear who had organized the trip.

With contributions from Dong Heng.

(Header image: Beachgoers swim and play as the seaplane wreckage is lifted from the water in the background, Jinshan District, Shanghai, July 20, 2016. Zhang Ruiqi/VCG)