<p>A private jet, reportedly owned by the British Conservative Party peer Lord Ashcroft, crashed into a building at Malta International Airport while unmanned on Wednesday, December 27.</p><p>The Dassualt Falcon 7X plane was blown by a strong wind off the runway and into the offices of Maltese construction company Polidano Group</a>, Malta Today reported</a>.</p><p>No one was injured in the accident, Maltese media organisation One News reported</a>. Police officers and the army attended the accident scene, the news site reported.</p><p>The jet, registered in Bermuda, is owned by the former deputy of the UK Conservative Party, Michael Ashcroft, Malta Today reported</a>.</p><p>Lord Ashcroft was once the 74th richest person in the UK, according to the Sunday Times Rich List 2015. He did not immediately release a statement about the accident, but in response to a query on Twitter about whether the jet belonged to him, he wrote: “Nooooooooo,” the UK’s Daily Telegraph reported</a>. The tweet has since been deleted.</p><p>The plane was registered to Flying Lion Limited in July 2008</a>, a company for which Lord Ashcroft is a director</a>, according to the Government of Bermuda. Credit: Advocate Dr Jean Paul Sammut via Storyful</p><br />
