Two people killed after light plane crashes in paddock north of Canberra

Essential Energy plane was conducting aerial inspections of the company's electricity network prior to the crash

Two people have been killed after a light plane inspecting Essential Energy's electricity network crashed north of Canberra.

New South Wales police confirmed that emergency services were called to a paddock on a property in the small township of Sutton about 4.30pm on Tuesday afternoon following reports a plane had crashed.