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.
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