2 killed in China plane crash

Two persons were today killed when their plane crashed in northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

Local government said the crash happened around 10:30 am in a farmland in Yanjia Village, Qianyang County. No people on the ground were killed or injured.

According to witnesses, the small aircraft had "Phoenix Flying College" written on its body. It was spinning in the air before the crash, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.