Skydivers injured after plane goes off of runway in New Jersey

A skydiving plane carrying 15 people went off the end of the runway at Cross Keys Airport in New Jersey, causing multiple injuries.

The plane went off the Monroe Township runway at around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

The plane was operated by Skydive Cross Keys.

At around 3,000 feet, the single-engine plane started having engine troubles according to The Associated Press, which led the pilot, unnamed publicly, to try to make an emergency landing at the Cross Keys Airport.

The pilot was unable to get the plane stopped upon getting to the ground, resulting in the crash. Afterwards, first responders arrived and provided medical care, and helped clean jet fuel off of the injured in order to decontaminate them, according to Philadelphia’s WPVI-TV.

Eight people went to Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey, with blunt force trauma injuries. Of the 15 on board, only one

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