2 people were killed in a Cancun plane crash after a gender-reveal stunt went horribly awry

• Two people died in Cancun, Mexico, after a plane used for a gender-reveal stunt crashed.
• The plane was meant to fly past and announce the sex of the couple's child.
• Video captured screams from observers as the plane suddenly plunged into the sea.

Two people were said to have died in a plane crash after a gender-reveal stunt went horribly wrong.

The victims were reportedly in an aircraft that was meant to fly over a boat in Cancun, Mexico, to announce the sex of the expecting parents' child.

But a video captured screams from observers as the plane suddenly plunged into the sea.

According to The US Sun, the expecting parents and their family and friends were gathered on a boat in the Nichupte Lagoon at about 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, when the Cessna 206 - rented from a company called Xomex - was scheduled to fly over them.

Insider has reached out to Xomex for comment.

In the video, posted by The US Sun, onlookers could be heard joyously yelling "It's a girl!" seconds before the plane nosedived into the water.

The Cancun media outlet La Prensa Latino reported that four people were aboard the plane when it went down. Emergency responders off the southeastern state of Quintana Roo then responded to a call for help.

Francisco Fernández Millán, the president of the Nautical Association of Quintana Roo, told La Prensa Latino that emergency services had tried to rescue the passengers but one died while receiving first aid and another while the rescue was ongoing.

The New York Post said the Federal Civil Aviation Agency had launched an investigation to find out what caused the crash.