A small passenger plane has crashed at Belgium's Charleroi Airport killing five people and closing the airport that is a hub for Ryanair and other low-cost carriers.
The aircraft, a Cessna, had problems on takeoff and tried to return to Charleroi airport but crashed on the side of the runway.
Two adults and three children were killed.
Firefighters sprayed water on the plane that was reduced to a wreck of twisted metal, with only the tail still visible, TV images showed.
The Belgian news agency Belga said the five killed were three young children, their mother and grandfather, and were all Belgian nationals.
The airport was closed immediately after the crash which happened just before 9am Irish time.
Ryanair has cancelled four flights departing Charleroi and diverted a number of inbound flights to other airports.
Updates will be posted on the Ryanair.com and flights will resume as normal once the airport reopens around 4pm.
Several flights were cancelled, with another handful of flights delayed at the start of the Belgian school half-term holidays.
Charleroi is due to re-open later today.
A spokesperson at the airport said: "Our priority is dealing with this drama. Flights are being diverted to Liege and Brussels."
Charleroi airport, also known as Brussels South Charleroi, serves as the country's second international airport after Brussels' Zaventem airport and expects to handle 140,000 passengers over the half-term holiday period.
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