Saturday, September 4, 2010

Australian News #5: Nine dead in NZ plane crash

http://www.australiannews.com.au/topstories/article.aspx?id=508981&articleID=1737016

All the nine passengers and pilot were perished in a plane crash today. The crashed plane was a fixed-wing aircraft belonged to Skydiving New Zealand. As the name of the company suggested, the plane was for the purpose of skydiving. This tragedy was the first in nearly 17 years. Among the fatalities, there were one pilot and four local skydiving instructors. The rests were tourists. There were also few witnesses describing the accident. The plane was engulfed in a fire ball with smoke puffing out profusely. The last plane crash in New Zealand happened in 1993 where there were also nine people reported dead.

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