A plane has crashed south of the Idaho Falls Airport.

[Update] According to KMVT two people lost their lives in the crash.

KMVT is reporting that a twin-engine plane has crash landed around 1:30pm this afternoon (June 22nd) on International Way in Idaho Falls.

There were three people inside the plane. Officials say the aircraft may have been experiencing mechanical difficulties and that the pilot was apparently circling back toward the airport .

Officers say all three people on board were extricated from the wreckage. The only survivor was a 13-year-old boy. He was taken to the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center with unknown injuries.

The two other passengers who died in the crash were from Idaho Falls and Rexburg.

News Radio 1310 KLIX will have more on this story as it develops.

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