MOSCOW, Jan. 2 (Xinhuanet) -- At least two people were killed when a small plane that took off from Moscow with three people onboard crashed in Ukraine on Monday, Russian news agencies reported.

    The BAE-125 plane crashed outside of Kharkiv airport in Ukraine at 11:16 a.m. (0816 GMT), about an hour after taking off from Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said.

    The Ukrainian Emergency Situations Ministry told the Itar-Tass news agency the plane was carrying three people, all of them crewmembers, and at least two of them were found dead.

    The plane fell near a lake and burst into flames when it crashed. Rescuers have found two bodies.

    The private plane was registered in Aruba, an island in the Caribbean, Itar-Tass said. Enditem