Belgian plane crash kills skydivers

A plane carrying skydivers has crashed in southern Belgium, killing all 11 people on board.

Belgian plane crash kills skydivers
Sat, 19 Oct, 2013 - 19:18

A plane carrying skydivers has crashed in southern Belgium, killing all 11 people on board.

Twenty minutes after the aircraft took off from a small airfield close to Namur, witnesses suddenly saw the plane lose height very quickly, then crash in a field near Fernelmont town, said its mayor, Jean-Claude Nihoul.

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