VALLETTA, Malta, Muharram 23, 1438, October 24, 2016, SPA -- A small plane heading toward Libya's coast to monitor migrant trafficking routes for the French government crashed soon after takeoff from Malta's airport Monday, killing all five French crew members, authorities said, according to AP. The twin-prop Fairchild Metroliner banked to the right and slammed into the ground in a huge fireball soon after lifting off at 7:20 a.m. (0520 GMT), according to video of the moment captured by a dashboard videocam and posted on Facebook. Malta's government said all five victims were French. It said the flight was part of a French Customs surveillance operation tracing routes of illicit trafficking, both of humans and drugs, leaving Libya's lawless coasts. --SPA 14:50 LOCAL TIME 11:50 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w