A JURY is considering its verdict in the inquest into the Farnborough air disaster, where five people died when a plane crashed into a house.

Two pilots and three passengers on a Cessna Citation private jet died when the plane, which was flying from Biggin Hill Airport to France, crashed into a house in Romsey Close, Farnborough, on March 30, 2008.

The detached house was left in ruins however owners Ed and Pat Harman were away at the time.

The jury of 11 people sitting at Bromley Civic Centre has heard that the pilots, 63-year-old Mike Roberts, from Leatherhead, and Michael Chapman, 57, from West Sussex, reported problems just after taking off.

A recording of Mr Roberts speaking to the control room a minute after the 1.30pm take-off was described to the jury by Nicholas Dann, an inspector from the Air Accident Investigation Bureau.

Mr Dann told the jury Mr Roberts had said: “We are making an immediate turn to the airport.”

When asked by controllers what the problem was, Mr Roberts said: “Don’t know. We’re getting engine vibration. We’ll come straight back.”

In his final call to the control room, Mr Roberts said: “We have a major problem, a major power problem.”

Mr Dann said the crash happened shortly after this final call.

He also told the jury that both pilots were sufficiently experienced to fly the jet, but that Mr Chapman had only recently qualified to fly that type of plane.

The three passengers who died were 54-year-old David Leslie, from Oxfordshire, Richard Lloyd, 63, from Northamptonshire, and 25-year-old Christopher Allerton, from Coventry.

Nobody on the ground was injured.

The inquest continues.