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In this photo provided by Ryan Richardson, plumes of smoke are seen from Port Allen Harbor across an inlet after a plane crashes just outside Port Allen Airport on the island of Kauai. Apexchange
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Five dead after skydiving plane crashes in Hawaii

Four of them were pronounced dead at the crash site.

FIVE PEOPLE DIED after a skydiving tour plane crashed and caught fire in Hawaii.

It happened about 9.30am local time on the island of Kauai, the county fire department said. The pilot, two skydive instructors and two tandem jumpers were believed to be on the plane.

Four of them were pronounced dead at the crash site, just outside Port Allen Airport. One man was taken to Wilcox Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The group was believed to have been part of a tour operated by SkyDive Kauai, county firefighters said. The company offers tours from Port Allen.

SkyDive Kauai is listed in state documents as a trade name for D & J Air Adventures, which FAA records identify as the registered owner of the aircraft.

Company President David Timko said he didn’t have any comment because the crash is under investigation. But he said he offers his condolences to the families of those killed.

Kauai firefighters said the identities of the dead haven’t been released.

The National Transportation Safety Board will work with officials to determine the cause of the crash. The Federal Aviation Administration will also investigate.

The plane was a single-engine Cessna 182H, FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said. It’s unclear what led to the crash.

A few hours later off the coast of the island of Oahu, emergency responders took one person to a nearby hospital after a small aircraft crashed in the water off Makaha Beach Park.

County lifeguards brought two people to shore from a single engine aircraft that was about 30 yards off the coast, Honolulu Fire Department Captain David Jenkins said.

The other person in the airplane wasn’t injured, Honolulu Emergency Services Department spokeswoman Shayne Enright said.

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