Several of the skydivers who were killed when their plane crashed moments after taking off from a Missouri airfield were experienced jumpers.

It’s been a tragic week for aviation as two military jets, a skydiving plane and a charter jet crashed over the course of just four days.

A series of aviation incidents has drawn national attention, with crashes involving a small business jet, a skydiving plane and two military jets.

Witnesses say a small plane struggled to gain altitude just after takeoff before crashing in a Goldsby pasture, killing two men.

Eleven people were killed ‌on Sunday when a skydiving plane crashed in the northeastern French town of Tomblaine, according to a regional official.

Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board were at the crash site on June 15, a day after a skydiving plane crashed in Missouri.

The crash occurred soon after takeoff, officials said.

Family members, fellow service members, civilian employees and members of the Edwards Air Force Base community gathered Monday evening to honor the eight people killed in the June 15 crash of a

Five instructors, five students and a pilot died when the plane crashed on Sunday morning in a field near the northeastern city of Nancy.

A skydiving plane has crashed in northeastern France, killing all 11 people on board. Authorities say the plane suffered a malfunction and fell almost vertically after taking off from the Nancy-Essey airfield.