Brothers Marshall and Phillip Cabe, Enzo Amitrano, 43, Wayne Rose, 27, and Damien Jimmy Horan, 30, killed in small-plane crash during skydive jump near Port Allen Airport in Hanapepe, Kuaui
Five people killed in fiery plane crash during skydiving tour on Kauai
The pilot, two skydiving instructors and two tandem jumpers were believed to have been in the plane at the time of the crash, which happened around 9:30 a.m.
Kauai officials say a small plane crash killed five Monday
FAA spokesman Ian Gregor initially said it was a single-engine plane made from a kit. However, he later said he received wrong information. Details about the plane involved in the crash weren't immediately available.
Fiery Crash Kills 5 on Skydiving Trip in Hawaii
The single-engine plane took off from Port Allen Airport at 9:30 a.m. local time with a pilot, two instructors and two jumpers, likely preparing for a tandem jump over the island, according to Hawaii Department of Transportation spokesman Tim Sakahara.
Five killed in light plane crash during skydiving tour in Kauai, Hawaii
Two tourists, two instructors and a pilot were believed to be in the plane at the time of the crash.
The five men killed in Hawaii skydiving plane crash include two young brothers on vacation, two skydiving instructors and a pilot who just moved from Ireland
Witness Cisco Campos was fishing when he saw the plane take off. He heard was sounded like the engine, sputtering and cutting out.
The plane, only as high as a flag pole, appeared to be turning back around for the airport when it suddenly 'fell out of the sky', he told Hawaii News Now.
Tributes to Irish pilot killed in Hawaii crash
Widely travelled, Damien had been living in Hawaii for a number of months following an extended stay in Tammin, Western Australia.
Feds: Skydiving plane was 150 feet high before fatal crash
Witnesses who saw a Kauai skydiving tour plane crash told investigators it was 150 feet in the air when it made a sudden right turn, descended and hit the ground.
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