A HORROR plane crash has killed all passengers and the pilot onboard.
By Bradley Jolly
The passenger plane crashed amid heavy winds and snow on an island off the east coast of Quebec, Canada.
Benoit Leblanc, the head of the local ambulance service, said seven died at the scene.
Six of these were passengers and the pilot also lost his life.
— Ryan Hicks (@ryhicks) March 29, 2016
Écrasement d'avion aux îles de la Madeleine ...pic.twitter.com/b2BGTlYLVQ— Lapierre Jonathan (@jonlapierre1806) March 29, 2016
Canada's Transportation Safety Board said it is investigating the collision.
The small chartered plane crashed at around 11.40am local time as it approached a local airport in the Iles de la Madeleine, Canadian media reported.
Jean Lapierre, a broadcaster and former Canadian transport minister, was one of the seven passengers on the plane.
His family were also on board.
Canadian media state the 59-year-old political analyst was travelling with his wife, sister, two brothers and an aunt to attend his 83-year-old dad's funeral.
It is believed these family members have died.
The twin-engine turboprop plane departed from St Hubert Airport in Montreal in Canada.
It comes on the same day as an EgyptAir plane was hijacked and forced to make an emergency landing in Cyprus.
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