Hawaii officials: 5 killed in small plane crash on Kauai

HONOLULU (AP) — All five people aboard a small plane died in a fiery crash on Kauai this morning, officials said.

The plane crashed about 9:30 a.m. during a skydiving tour just outside Port Allen Airport, the Kauai Fire Department said in a statement. The pilot, two skydive instructors and two tandem jumpers were believed to be in the plane.

Four of them were pronounced dead at the scene, and one man was taken to Wilcox Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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 that crashed under unknown circumstances, FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said. The plane caught fire after crashing, he said.