A small passenger aircraft crashed during takeoff from Malta's Luqa airport, Monday, killing all five people on board. The aircraft was heading to the Libyan city of Misrata, but shortly after take-off at around 07:20 (06:20 GMT), the turboprop plane crashed, blowing up in flames.

Malta's Luqa airport has been closed and an investigation in underway. Police and emergency services are currently working at the scene of the Metroline airplane crash.

All five passengers were initially reported to be EU officials on an EU border agency Frontex chartered flight. The EU's foreign policy representative Federica Mogherini tweeted that the fligh