10.02.2011, 18:16 4215

Plane crashed at Cork airport killing 6

Six people have been killed after a passenger plane crashed and burst into flames on the runway of Ireland's Cork Airport, Kazakhstan Today reports.

Almaty. February 10. Kazakhstan Today - Six people have been killed after a passenger plane crashed and burst into flames on the runway of Ireland's Cork Airport, Kazakhstan Today reports.

Cork airport has been closed and the road between the airport and the hospital has been closed to able injured passengers quick access, The Guardian reported.

Cork Country fire service have confirmed three fatalities. Two people remain trapped in the aircraft and attempts are being made to free them and take them to hospital are currently being made.

The Health Serviuce Executive have confirmed that six people have been taken from scene and taken to cork university hospital.

A spokesman for George Best Belfast City Airport said: "We can confirm that the Manx 2 aircraft was scheduled to leave Belfast City Airport en route to Cork, flight number NM 7100. It left here at 0812 this morning with 10 passengers and two crew on board. We understand there has been an incident at Cork airport involving this aircraft."

The crash happened at 9.51am on runway 17. "It had been trying to land in foggy conditions. This was its third attempt to land," an IAA spokeswoman said.

It is understood debris from the wreckage has been scattered over a wide area across the runway.

A plane en route from Belfast has crashed at Cork airport with unconfirmed reports that three people have been killed.

Two others are trapped after a plane travelling from Belfast City Airport crashed in fog at Cork Airport today, a Cork County Council spokesman said.

The plane crashed while landing in fog at the airport just before 10am. The aircraft is believed to be on fire near the runway.

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