A small plane crashed after taking off from DuPage Airport in West Chicago Wednesday afternoon, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

The plane itself suffered significant front-end damage after skidding or crashing nose-first onto the snow-covered grass beside the runway.

Two men were killed in a plane crash at DuPage Airport on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. Shortly before 2 p.m., a two-engine aircraft with two people aboard crashed at the west suburban airport shortly after taking off, the DuPage Airport Authority said in a statement.

A filing states that the crew of the Army Black Hawk helicopter failed to establish and maintain proper and safe visual separation with a regional American Eagle flight that was approaching Reagan National Airport near Washington,