HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The state Department of Transportation confirms a plane crashed near Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.

It happened around 3:15 p.m

According to sources, at least two people were killed.

Ualena and Aolele roads are currently closed.

A witness who works in the area tells Hawaii News Now he heard a loud crash and saw a plane on fire.

“I was working and all of a sudden there was a loud, big bang and when I looked out there was just a bunch of damn smoke and my colleagues were telling me that a plane had crashed right next to our building,” he said.

Nancy Timco works just down the street.

“I was sitting at my desk and suddenly saw a small plane flying past my seventh floor office window. And I said, ‘Oh, he’s really, really low,’ and he started turning and heading back toward the airport, and then I heard a loud bang,” she said.

The aircraft is a Kamaka Air general aviation aircraft.

The Honolulu Emergency Operations Center is partially activated in response to the incident.

The city’s Emergency Management Department is monitoring the situation and multiple first responders, including the Honolulu Fire Department and Honolulu Police Department, responded to the incident.

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