9 people aboard small plane killed in Hawaii crash

Hawaii plane crash. — (Image credit: Screenshot/ABC)

All nine people aboard a small plane were killed when it crashed in Hawaii on Friday. The plane was on a skydiving excursion near Dillingham Airfield on Oahu's north shore when it crashed.

The names of the passengers have not been released. "In my 40 years as a firefighter here in Hawaii, this is the most tragic aircraft incident that we had," Honolulu Fire Department Chief Manuel P. Neves said.

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Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.