2 killed in plane crash landing in Malaysia

At least two were killed after a small passenger plane crash-landed near an airport in Malaysia's Borneo state of Sabah on Thursday, authorities said. The Twin Otter plane of MasWings, a regional airline of the national carrier Malaysia Airlines, was flying from the state capital Kota Kinabalu to the Kudat Area with 16 passengers and crew members on board, the air carrier said in a statement. An earlier statement said "the aircraft landed short of the runway in Kudat." Officials said the plane plunged into a residence house near the airport before all 16 on board were rescued. However, a co- pilot and a passenger succumbed to injury later in hospitals while at least one remained in critical conditions. Malaysia Airlines said the cause of the incident is still under investigation and local media reported that the accident might be caused by bad weather.