THE horror moment a plane piloted by billionaire Dan Petrescu crashed into a building has been caught on dramatic dashcam footage.

       Petrescu's single engine aircraft came down in a suburb of Milan, killing all eight on board, including a baby boy who had been baptised earlier that day.

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       The plane coming down in vertical dive 10

       The aircraft crashed into a building 10

       Dan Petrescu was at the controls of the plane Credit: Splash

       The aircract reportedly burst into flames 16 seconds before hitting a building.

       But the reasons for the single engine plane plummeting from the sky soon after taking off from Milan airport remain a mystery.

       Dashcam footage was taken from a car travelling on a motorway in the city, romaniatv.net reports.

       It shows the plane coming down in a near vertical dive before a fireball is seen bursting out from the crash scene.

       Petrescu, 68, was one of Romania's richest men and had been travelling with his son Dan Stefan Petrescu, 30, and his 65-year-old wife Regina Petrescu.

       Filippo Nascimbene, 33, his 34-year-old wife Claire Alexandrescou, their Rafael, and her mother Miruna Anca Wanda Lozinschi, were all also killed in the tragedy.

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       Raphael was born in January 2020 and had his baptism on Sunday morning, Corriere della Serra reports.

       Italian-born Nascimbene and his wife, a Romanian-born French passport holder, were both business executives and friends with the Petrescu family.

       After Raphael's baptism both families then went to the airport to head to Sardinia to see Petrescu's 98-year-old mother at the family villa.

       The Pilatus PC-12 single engine plane took off from the main runway at Linate airport at 1.04pm local time.

       The plane was travelling at about 200mph when it slammed into the building in a fireball 11 minutes after take off.

       It performed a right hand turn that would have taken it on its route to Olbia in Sardinia but instead of heading south it went towards the suburb of San Donato.

       Frantic controllers asked the billionaire "why did you divert?" as the aircraft veered off course.

       "No" is the only word that came in response from Petrescu.

       Witnesses said the plane burst into flames and made what investigators call a "vertical fall" 16 seconds before it hit the ground.

       Also on the plane was Petrescu's son's Canadian friend 36-year-old Julien Brossard.

       'I SAW THE PLANE LOSE CONTROL'

       Petrescu, who also held Germany nationality, headed a major construction firm and owned a string of hypermarkets and mall, Italian media have reported.

       According to the Romanian newspaper Adevarul, Petrescu was worth 3billion euros.

       Mrs Petrescu was also a dual-national and held a French passport, while her son had been working in Canada.

       Witnesses have recalled the moment the plane plummeted out of the sky and smashed into the building.

       One named as Andrea, 19, told tgcom.24.: "I saw the plane lose control. I saw it just as it crashed. I saw it dive.

       "The plane was low. And then there was a lot of smoke, flames in the sky. Pieces were flying. I was very scared."

       Emergency workers said several cars in a nearby parking lot were set ablaze, but apparently the vehicles were unoccupied at the time.

       "The plane hit the building on the facade, with an extremely violent impact," said Carlo Cardinali from Milan fire brigade.

       “The pilot made a turn, so he noticed some anomaly.”

       Speaking at the scene, Milan prosecutor Tiziana Siciliano, said "there does not appear to have been an alarm launched from board".

       The plane's black box has been recovered and prosecutors have opened an investigation.

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       Petrescu's son Dan Stefan Petrescu also died in the crash 10

       Claire Alexandrescou was killed along with her husband, son and mother Credit: Facebook 10

       Alexandrescou pictured with husband Filippo Nascimbene Credit: Facebook 10

       Dan Stefan Petrescu's friend Julien Brossard was also on the plane Credit: Twitter

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       The plane came down in a Milan suburb killing all eight on board Credit: EPA 10

       The plane was a Pilatus PC-12, like the one pictured Credit: photo , Gary dawson 10

       Firefighters tackling the blaze after the crash Credit: EPA

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