A cargo plane crashed on Saturday night near the airport in Ghana's capital Accra, killing at least 10 people and apparently hitting a bus on the ground, witnesses and a military official said.

Wreckage from the Allied Air plane could be seen in an area near the airport along with a damaged bus.

"It crash landed at the Elwak stadium, killing scores of people," said a senior military officer who did not want to be named. Asked for a specific death toll, he said 10, adding that the Allied Air plane had been coming in to land.

He said that the two pilots aboard the plane were thought to have survived. Details however were still emerging.

It was not clear whether the bus, which was severely damaged, had passengers aboard at the time. The plane's wings and tail had broken off from its body.

The plane crashed in an area just outside a stadium, near the airport and a military base. It did not appear to strike any houses.

Rescue, police and fire officers flooded the scene and cordoned off the immediate area of the crash.

An operator who answered at Allied Air said no one was available to comment.

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