Two dead after small plane crash in northern Alberta

Two people are dead after a small plane crashedTuesday afternoon at the airport in Peace River, Alta.

A30-year-old man from Manning, Alta., and a 27-year-old Australian man were declared dead at the scene, RCMPsaid in a news release Wednesday.

The crash happened just before 5 p.m., police said.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating.

The TSB said it will send a team of investigators to gather information at the scene.

The plane was a "privately registered small aircraft," the TSB said in a deployment notice.

Peace River is about 500 kilometres north of Edmonton by road.

On Saturday, a pilot was killed when a plane crashed in a field near Fort Vermilion, about 660 kilometres north of Edmonton.