Police investigate New Zealand skydiving crash that kills Irish man

An Irish man is among nine people who died when a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company crashed and burst into flames near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand’s Southern Alps today.

Police investigate New Zealand skydiving crash that kills Irish man

An Irish man is among nine people who died when a light aircraft belonging to a skydiving company crashed and burst into flames near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand’s Southern Alps today.

The plane caught fire shortly after take-off from an airstrip at Fox Glacier on the country’s South Island, said Ian Henderson, a spokesman for local ambulance services.

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