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Nine people, including four foreigners, have been killed in a light aircraft crash in New Zealand, say reports.
The plane, owned by a skydiving company, burst into flames shortly after taking off at the tourist spot of Fox Glacier on the South Island at about 1330 local time (0130GMT), reports BBC News.
The tourists who perished were from Britain, Ireland, Australia and Germany, said police. The pilot and the other four passengers were all local.
None of the passengers has yet been identified.
An eyewitness told the New Zealand Herald: “It was like a fireball and then there was big puffs of smoke going up. [The plane] was engulfed in flames immediately.”