A famous Mexican TV broadcaster has died in a plane crash - moments after posting a photo of the light aircraft she lost her life in as she prepared to take a flying class.

Newsreader Debora Estrella, 43, and pilot Bryan Ballesteros were killed when the two-seater Cessna she was learning to fly in crashed to the ground by an industrial estate in the city of Garcia in the north-eastern state of Nuevo Leon.

Unverified footage on social media purporting to show Saturday evening's tragedy showed a small plane spiralling out of control and coming down - with a helicopter above it diverting as its pilot tried to see if there was anything he could do to help.

Moments before the accident Debora posted a photo of the plane she went up in on her Instagram Live stories and wrote: 'Guess what' before getting into it for take-off from Monterrey-Del Norte International Airport.

Garcia's mayor Manuel Guerra Cavazos, posting on social media from the spot where the plane came down, told followers on social media: 'I regret to inform you that I am at the scene.