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Five people died Monday morning after a small plane carrying skydivers crashed in Hawaii, officials said. 
  
 Four of the victims were pronounced dead at the crash site, in an open field near Port Allen airport on Kauai, state and local officials said. 
  
 A fifth person was transported to a local hospital where he later died. 
  
 Local fire officials said in a statement that they believe the plane was carrying two instructors, two jumpers and a pilot. 
  
 Ian Gregor, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman, told NBC News that the single-engine Cessna 182H was taking off from Port Allen at 9:30 a.m. local time, when it came down "under unknown circumstances." 
  
 The crash caused the plane to catch fire, which sent flames through the surrounding brush, said Tim Sakahara, a state Department of Transportation spokesman. 
  
 NBC affiliate KHNL identified the plane's operator as Skydive Kauai. A message seeking comment was not immediately returned. 
  
 Authorities had not yet confirmed the names of the victims, Sakahara told NBC News, adding that the National Transportation Safety Board was planning to investigate. ||||| The Skydive Kauai accident Monday is the deadliest plane crash in the islands over the last decade. 
  
 The Skydive Kauai accident Monday is the deadliest plane crash in the islands over the last decade. 
  
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 The five people killed in Monday's Skydive Kauai plane crash included two brothers, a pilot who had recently moved to the islands, and a skydiving instructor who leaves behind a twin sister. 
  
 New details are emerging about the victims killed in a skydiving plane crash near Port Allen Airport on Monday. 
  
 Smoke is seen billowing from the crash site (Image: Viewer) 
  
 The remains of the plane where it crashed (viewer image) 
  
 A skydiving plane crashed moments after takeoff from Port Allen Airport on Monday, killing all five people on board. 
  
 Witnesses said the Skydive Kauai plane appeared to be having engine trouble when it burst into flames in the air, and then crashed just outside the airport's fence line. 
  
 The crash happened about 9:30 a.m., and a pilot, two skydive instructors and two tandem jumpers were on board. The jumpers were visitors to the islands. 
  
 Officials said four of the victims were pronounced dead at the scene. The fifth, an adult male, was taken to Wilcox Memorial Hospital where he was later pronounced dead. 
  
 Cisco Campos, a retired Air Force aircraft mechanic, said he was fishing Monday morning when he saw the Skydive Kauai plane take off and noticed that the engine sounded strange. 
  
 He said the plane was only about a flag pole's height off the ground when the engines appeared to be sputter and then cut out. Campos said the plane looked to be turning back to the airport when the engine caught fire and burst into flames. 
  
 The plane "fell out of the sky," Campos said, and exploded on impact. 
  
 Authorities said the plane that crashed was a single-engine Cessna 182H. The National Transportation Safety Board has been notified, and will be investigating the cause of the crash. 
  
 The crash sent plumes of heavy smoke into the air, and sparked a small brush fire. 
  
 The charred remains of the aircraft were being secured Monday, and were expected to be transported to a hangar for further investigation. 
  
 Kauai Fire Department Chief Robert Westerman said getting to the crash scene was difficult, as it was on a rutted, dirt road. 
  
 Kauai Mayor Bernard Carvalho said his thoughts were with the victims and their families. 
  
 "The most tragic thing is a loss of life," he told Hawaii News Now. "Five people lost their lives today so our love and aloha goes out to the families." 
  
 Port Allen Airport is primarily used for scenic helicopter tours, ultralight aircraft traffic and skydiving, according to its website. Skydive Kauai operates out of the airport. 
  
 The identifies of the victims have not been officially released. Life's Bridges, a grief counseling service, is assisting the families of the victims. 
  
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What is a summary?
– Five people died in Hawaii Monday morning when a skydiving tour ended in disaster. A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman tells NBC that the single-engine Cessna 182, carrying two skydivers, two tandem instructors, and the pilot, crashed into a field shortly after taking off from Kauai's Port Allen airport. Four people were pronounced dead at the scene and a fifth died in a local hospital. The fiery crash ignited a brush fire that took around an hour to extinguish. Retired Air Force aircraft mechanic Cisco Campos tells Hawaii News Now that he saw the plane take off and noticed that the engine sounded strange. He says that it appeared to be turning back to the airport when an engine caught fire and the plane "fell out of the sky" after bursting into flames. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating. (In New Zealand earlier this year, 12 skydivers and their pilot escaped moments before their plane crashed into a lake.)