ABIDJAN: At least four people were killed in a plane crash off Ivory Coast near Abidjan on Saturday, security sources said, reports AFP.

Six others were believed to have been injured in the crash of the Antonov aircraft which police said had 10 people on board.

French military sources said that French nationals were among the injured.

"The aircraft failed to land and crashed in the water... Firefighters and security forces are on the scene," said police commissioner Charlemagne Bleu.

Antonov cargo plane that crashed off Ivory Coast was chartered by the French army as part of the anti-jihadist Operation Barkhane, military sources said.

The four dead are Moldovan and six other people, including French nationals, were injured in the crash of the aircraft which had 10 people on board, Colonel Issa Sakho, an Ivorian firefighter, told local television.

A French military source said the Antonov was chartered as part of Barkhane, under which France maintains a 4,000-man mission in the region.