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Nine people, including four foreigners, have been killed in a light aircraft crash in New Zealand, say reports.<\/p>\n
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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.<\/p>\n
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The tourists who perished were from Britain, Ireland, Australia and Germany, said police. The pilot and the other four passengers were all local.<\/p>\n
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None of the passengers has yet been identified.<\/p>\n
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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.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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