Klein Fire Department via Facebook

Two people were killed Sunday afternoon when a small plane crashed near an airport north of Houston, according to local authorities.

The pilot of a Cessna 340, along with a lone passenger, died in the fiery crash just south of Hooks Airport near Tomball, according to a social media post by the Klein Fire Department, which said there were no survivors.

The twin-engine plane had recently departed the airport after refueling, the fire department wrote in its post.

"Shortly after takeoff, the pilot reported complications and initiated a return to Hooks," the fire department wrote. "However, the aircraft crashed in an open field just south of a runway."

Klein Fire Department via Facebook

Sgt. Richard Standifer of the Texas Department of Public Safety i

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