A light plane crashed near Shenyang, capital of Northeast China's Liaoning Province on Monday noon, killing two people onboard, local authorities said.

The accident happened at around 12:00 p.m. when the helicopter, belonged to Jilin Fuhang Aviation College Co., Ltd., was conducting a flight training mission at Faku Caihu Airport.

The airport dispatched an ambulance helicopter to the site and started the search and rescue work immediately. Unfortunately, two people onboard the aircraft were dead.

Jilin Fuhang Aviation College received its operation license in 2015, which has eight light planes including Diamond DA40D, Xtreme air XA42 and Tecnam P2006T.

Further details were not immediately available, and the cause of the crash is under investigation.