A small plane has crashed in Malta killing five persons, the Malta International Airport has confirmed. In a statement on its website, the airport says the Fairchild Metroliner crashed at 7:20 a.m. local time on Monday.


"Our thoughts are with the families of the people involved in the accident today," the statement reads.

Officials have not released information about who was on board the plane.

Earlier reports that EU border officials were on board the plane but the EU Foreign Affairs Chief, Federica Mogherini tweeted to say no EU officials were involved in the crash, according to CNN.