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At least five killed in air crash in U.S. state of New Mexico

18 June 2010 04:08 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. A twin-engine plane crashed on Thursday morning at a regional airport in the U.S. state of New Mexico, killing at least five people and wounding two others, authorities said, APA reports quoting news.xinhuanet.com website.

The Cessna 310 plane overshot a runway while landing and crashed at the end of the runway at Sierra Blanca Regional Airport in south-central New Mexico, U.S. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Lynn Lunsford said.

State police officer Eric Garcia confirmed five people onboard were killed and two others were wounded and rushed to a hospital.

The police are "working with the originating airport right now to get a better idea of how many passengers were onboard," Garcia was quoted as saying by CBS.

Authorities said the cause of the crash was not immediately known.