A small aircraft crash in Bath Township, Michigan, killed three people, according to police quoted by several US reports. The tragic incident unfolded near the intersection of Clark Road and Peacock Road around 5 pm on Thursday (US time), as per Bath Township Police.

While the deceased people have yet to be officially named and identified, officials that all three passengers were found dead at the scene. Authorities are still looking into what caused the crash. Details about the plane’s destination were also unknown at the time of writing.

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Possible videos of the plane crash have since been pouring in on social media. The visuals appeared to have captured heart-dropping visuals of a small jet plummeting to the ground. Billowing smoke was also seen moments later as the plane presumably struck land. “A plane just dropped from the sky,” a man is heard speaking off-camera.

According to trackers AirNav Radar and Flight Radar 24, the plane is believed to have been a Mexican-registered Hawker 800XP (XA-JMR), which departed from Battle Creek. It reportedly started losing altitude and was spotted nosediving shortly after take-off.

Currently, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating the case. With Bath Township police and fire along with Laingsburg and DeWitt agencies responding to the reports, an initially planned press conference on the crash was ultimately cancelled. The briefing was said to have been slated for 8 pm, but first responders eventually told News 10 that FAA cancelled it.

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This is a developing story.