Plane crash at General Mills plant leaves ‘no survivors’ after explosion in Covington, Georgia as pics show smoke cloud

A PLANE crash at a food processing plant in Georgia on Thursday killed two people, police confirmed. 

The aircraft exploded on impact about 300 yards away from the General Mills plant. Photos and video showed smoke billowing from the property. 

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A twin-engine Cessna, which is believed to have taken off from the Covington Municipal Airport, appeared to have engine trouble shortly after taking to the skies, police said.

Witnesses say the small aircraft seemed to have been traveling northeast but was having issues gaining altitude.

Unusual noises were said to have come from the engine as well.

A General Mills spokesperson confirmed to The Sun that employees were unhurt after the plane went down at the property, located roughly 30 miles from Atlanta.

"A small plane crashed near the General Mills Covington, GA manufacturing facility," the spokesperson said.

"No employees were harmed and we're partnering with the FAA and local law enforcement."

PLANE DOWN

Covington Police Captain Ken Malcolm said the plane veered right before coming straight down in an isolated area of the plant where the tractor-trailers were stored.

Four trailers, believed to be empty at the time, were damaged. Malcolm said the trailers were used to "move product" from the plant.

Malcolm also described how the plane exploded on impact.

"The fire, everything was contained," he said.

"This is a horrible situation, a horrible scene...the fact that it didn't crash into the plant saved many lives.

“This is a devastating crash and there were no survivors,” he continued.

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the crash. The Federal Aviation Administration was also headed to the scene Thursday night, a spokesperson told The Sun.

Further information was not immediately available.