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BRUSSELS (AP) 鈥?A plane carrying parachutists for a skydiving trip crashed in Discount Arizona Cardinals Jerseys southern Belgium on Saturday, killing all 11 people aboard, officials said.Minutes after the aircraft took off from a small airfield near the Cheap NFL Jerseys | city of Namur, witnesses saw part of a wing break off, sending the plane into a spiraling nosedive and crash in Arizona Cardinals Jerseys Discount | a field close to Fernelmont town, said its mayor, .The skydivers and their instructors "were not able to jump out," Nihoul said in a telephone interview.Everyone aboard was killed and no one was hurt on the ground, he said, Arizona Cardinals Jerseys Discount | adding that three parachutes were found near the crash site. No information was immediately available about what caused the accident.The Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter plane carrying the instructors and skydiving pupils took off in partly cloudy conditions over the wooded and hilly area about 40 miles (60 kilometers) Discount Arizona Cardinals Jerseys | south of Brussels. of the Paraclub Namur, whose skydivers were among the victims, told RTL network that the plane was probably about 3 kilometers (2 miles) high when it suddenly went down. He said the nosedive would have thrown everyone aboard around with such force that they would not have been able to Arizona Cardinals Jerseys Discount | jump out and parachute to safety.Such plane crashes in Belgium, a small country of 11 million people, are fairly rare.Prime Minister quickly issued a statement confirming the crash and saying his thoughts are with the families of the victims. King Phillipe was expected the visit the scene later Saturday.