LOS ANGELES - Two Chinese tourists died in a plane crash near Saipan, the Consulate-General of China in Los Angeles said Sunday.

Four other Chinese were injured in the crash, but not in serious conditions, an official with the Consulate-General told Xinhua.

The pilot of the seven-seat small plane also died in the crash which happened at around 2:00 .m Sunday local time (1600 GMT Saturday), the official said.