Passenger plane from Belfast has crashed after attempting to land in bad fog conditions.
A plane carrying 10 passengers and two crew crashed in foggy conditions in the Irish Republic today.
The turbo prop aircraft travelling from Belfast crash landed on a runway at Cork Airport on the third attempt to land.
A Cork County council statement said three people had died and two were trapped in the wreckage.
Unconfirmed reports on RTE claimed that eight people were killed in the accident.
The Manx2 commuter flight was en route from Belfast when it crashed in heavy fog at Cork Airport just before 10am on runway 17.
The Irish Aviation Authority says the aircraft made two attempts to land before crashing.
"It had been trying to land in foggy conditions. This was its third attempt to land," an IAA spokeswoman said.
Witnesses report hearing a loud bang. The aircraft is said to have burst into flames.
Debris has been scattered onto the runway and over a wide area.
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