Horrifying dashcam footage captures the last moments of a plane as it nosedives into the ground killing five passengers and explodes in a ball of flames shortly after taking off in Malta <br />Plane believed to be carrying EU border officials has crashed in Malta <br />Five people are believed to have died in the crash, according to officials <br />The light aircraft was heading for Misrata in Libya when it crashed <br /> <br />Horrifying dash-cam footage has captured the last moments of a plane as it nosedived into the ground and burst into flames in Malta, killing all five passengers. <br />The light aircraft, believed to be carrying EU border officials, crashed shortly after taking-off from the runway at Malta Airport in Luqa at around 7.20am today. <br />No one aboard the flight, which was heading for Misrata in Libya, is thought to have survived. <br />The victims are thought to be French, but it is not clear whether they are military personnel or civilians. <br />Small plane crash on SoCal beach is captured on camera <br /> <br />Laurent Azzopardi captured the dramatic footage while he was driving to work. <br />'On my way to the work this morning - a very shocking experience, a plane crash (very close),' he captioned the video. <br />One witness told the Times of Malta how they saw the plane take-off and rise before it tipped onto its right side 'and went straight down into the ground.' <br />Emergency services are on the scene and rescuers are searching the burning wreckage for any survivors. <br /> <br />The plane, a twin-prop Metroliner which can carry around 10 people, had been leased from Luxembourg for use by officials, according to reports. <br />It was previously reported that the plane was carrying officials from European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex. <br />But Frontex has since tweeted saying: 'The plane that crashed in Malta was not deployed by Frontex.' <br /> <br />Five people died this morning after the aircraft they were flying in crashed shortly after take-off in Luqa at around 7.20am. <br />Sources said the plane crashed near the runway soon after take-off and subsequently burst into flames. An eyewitness told Times of Malta they saw the plane take-off and rise before it suddenly tipped onto its right side "and went straight down into the ground." <br />All five crew members were French, sources said, although this could not be independently verified at the time of writing. In a statement, Malta International Airport confirmed that nobody aboard the plane had survived the crash. <br />Mater Dei hospital staff have been placed in major incident mode. Emergency services are on site and flights to and from MIA have been halted, with the airport issuing a statement saying that the aerodrome will remain closed until further notice. Most of the flights are being diverted to Sicily. It apologised to passengers for the inconvenience. <br />The twin-prop US-built Swearingen Metroliner plane was heading for Misurata in Libya, sources said. <br /> <br />Malta plane crash: All five people on board killed as light aircraft goes down at airport in 'take-off accident' <br /> <br />A plane has crashed in Malta, killing all five people on board in the country's worst peacetime air disaster. <br /> <br />The light aircraft went down during take-off from Malta International Airport at around 7.20am local time (6.20am BST) on Monday morning. <br /> <br />A witness told the Times of Malta newspaper the propeller plane suddenly tipped to its right side and "went straight down to the ground". <br /> <br />Footage taken from another plane on the tarmac showed the wreckage burning in a field, sending a huge plume of black smoke into the air as passengers could be heard crying. <br /> <br />Edward De Gaetano, an actor, was on the flight waiting to take off for London when he witnessed the aftermath of the crash. <br /> <br />“We were about to take off, moments before we did from our windows we could see a massive explosion - at first we had no idea what caused it,” he said. <br /> <br />“We quickly realised an aircraft had crash landed. That is when everyone got a bit anxious.” <br /> <br />Mr De Gaetano said everything seemed "very normal" before the disaster, adding: “There was a second explosion and I thought 'oh my god this is not just a fire'. We are all a bit stunned.” <br /> <br />Another video taken from a car showed the aircraft plummeting at an angle from low altitude, missing nearby houses and roads before exploding into a huge fireball on impact. <br /> <br />Terrifying footage captures the moment a plane nosedives into the ground shortly after take off and explodes in a ball of flame beside a road, killing all five people on board in Malta. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4j7BZB_-Jg
