A light aircraft carrying skydivers crashed in flames Saturday near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, killing nine people including four foreign tourists, police said.
The plane caught fire after takeoff from an airstrip at Fox Glacier on the country's South Island, said Ian Henderson, a spokesman for local ambulance services. But other locals said the fire erupted when the plane crashed into a fence at the end of the runway after it failed to lift off safely.
The pilot and eight passengers were killed, Greymouth Police Senior Sgt. Allyson Ealam said.
Sep 4, 2010
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9 killed in New Zealand skydiving plane crash
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