Apparently a light aircraft carrying skydivers crashed in flames near a very popular tourist spot in New Zealand. It killed nine people, including four foreign tourists. The plane caught fire after takeoff on Saturday from an airstrip at Fox Glacier. However, locals said that the fire erupted after the lane crashed into a fence at the end of the runway when it failed to lift off safely.

Kirsty Sullivan, who was an eyewitness, said that the plane took off at kind of a funny angle. She said that the plane just went “boom” like it was an orange fireball.

Reports show that the pilot and all eight passengers were killed. Police later went on to name the dead tourists as Patrick Byrne, 26, from County Wexford, Ireland; Glen Bourke, 18, from Coburg, Victoria, Australia; Annita Kirsten, 23, from Germany; and Brad Coker, 24, from Farnborough, England.

Other New Zealand reports said that there is only one skydiving company operating out of the Fix Glacier airstrip, and that is Skydive New Zealand. Despite this information, a company spokesperson that was reached by the telephone would not comment on the event. A message on the company’s message machine said that all skydiving had ceased for the day.

Police went on to say that the aircraft was a Fletcher fixed wing plane. This is a type of plane that is designed and built in New Zealand. The planes are popularly used for scenic flights and, of course, skydiving. Fox Glacier is on the western coast of the South Island. It is about 90 miles from the main city, Christchurch.