Six people are dead after a small plane crashed in northeastern Ohio, U.S. on Sunday.

Axar.az informs, citing CBC news, the plane crash happened Sunday morning in Howland Township, just two miles away from the end of the runway at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport.

The National Transportation Safety Board says the small plane, a Cessna 441 twin-engine, was carrying two crew members and four passengers and crashed just seven minutes after taking off.

The Federal Aviation Administration and the NTSB are leading the investigation into what caused the deadly crash.

The identifies of those killed in the crash haven't been released.