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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