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Two men have been killed in a light plane crash near the Gold Coast<\/a>, sparking a bushfire.<\/p>\n

Emergency crews rushed to Heck Field, a private airstrip north of the Gold Coast, after the plane went down in nearby bushland about 6am on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The wreckage caught alight on impact, sparking a large fire in bushland about 500 metres from the airstrip.<\/p>\n

The 73-year-old pilot from Beenleigh, Queensland<\/a> and a male passenger believed to be from Sydney died after the plane crashed soon after takeoff, police said.<\/p>\n

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They were the only occupants of a single-engine plane that was headed for a town near Tamworth, New South Wales<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat crash has been so significant that both occupants were unable to survive,\u201d Supt Brett Jackson said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

A large plume of smoke could be seen kilometres from the crash site late on Tuesday morning, while about 50 emergency services personnel were on the scene.<\/p>\n

<\/svg><\/span>Police said it was too early to speculate on the cause of the crash.<\/span> Photograph: Robyn Wuth\/AAP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The crash site had been difficult to access for the ambulance, police and fire crews due to farmland and a nearby creek.<\/p>\n

Water bombers were called in to assist crews working to contain the large bushfire, which was burning through nearby cane paddocks and vegetation.<\/p>\n

State Emergency Service crews were also helping by ferrying resources, including forensic equipment, across a creek to the crash site, police said.<\/p>\n

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Police said it was too early to speculate on the cause of the crash.<\/p>\n

The pilot\u2019s flight history will be probed as part of the investigation into the planned flight at the private airstrip.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are aware the planned flight was to a small town just outside Tamworth, so we have that information,\u201d Jackson said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs to the intention behind the trip, I don\u2019t actually have that information; that will form part of the investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n