a sky driver killed after slamming into a semitruck, the woman was blown off course causing her to slam into the truck. some in the area say the nearby skydiving facility is too close to the highway. they need a better location. they always come close. jillian: the fbi raided the facility following a string of deaths. according to sacramento, 29 skydivers have been killed there since 1981. rob: a baggage handler under arrest after $300,000, a bag full of cash. they say there was surveillance video taking that cash. his lawyer says they will fight
nearly crashing three years ago, and the skydivers right there scrambling to escape in midair. the images raising questions tonight about the plane s safety record. abc s will carr is in oahu. reporter: tonight, with victims family members watching from the ground in horror, witnesses say just before that skydiving plane crashed, they saw the twin engine, packed with 11 people, flip sideways and then nosedive into the ground. steve tickmeyer raced to the scene. we saw a big explosion and then just covered in black smoke. reporter: you can see there s not much left of the plane. the ground and the fence are charred and you really get the sense of just how hot it was burning right after the crash. this video shows the same plane in 2016. the pilot on that flight lost control. the plane then spiraled into a dangerous spin. get out! out, out! reporter: before the pilot could recover, pieces of the plane flew off in midair. i saw something fall down from the plane, like a shee
divers who were on board on friday night in oahu were not lucky at all. this plane died sorry, blew up just after takeoff. ball of flames and everybody on board perished. now the ntsb is right now amongst other lines of inquiry looking into whether that previous incident is connected to the current incident. they will be looking back at maintenance records an the records of the repairs that were done to that plane after that previous crash to find out if it was indeed air-worthy. but the horrific headline of this story, 11 people dying as that plane was trying to take off and we do not know exactly what went wrong. but the ntsb said they will update us with more information, brooke, probably in about a couple of hours from now. i can t believe the video you got your hands on from 2016 of everyone in there scrambling as the plane stalled and they re all jumping out the door and they survived.
the national transportation safety board is looking at a 2016 incident where 15 people were forced to jump out of the very same plane during a flight in california. so nick watt, let s go to you. you ve been digging on the prior incident. what happened? reporter: well, this, as you mentioned, was back in 2016. a very similar scenario. the plane was taking skydivers into the air and we have video to show you. we got this from one of the people on the plane, a sky diver by the name of acel. the plane stalled three times and spun out of control and the skydivers in the back jumping out to save their own lives. the pilot did get the plane back under control but a piece of the tail flew off and later in the video you could hear one of the skydivers filming that piece of plane wreckage falling to the ground saying now you know how lucky you are. now the problem is, the 11 sky
with everything that s going on over there. there s something not right with this story about, and i mean, how many more americans are going to have to die before something is done? instead of layla went on to say he like to hear what trump administration has to say about what s going on here in the dominican republic so far no comment or any tweet from president trump meanwhile we could get some answers, the result of the toxicology result expected some time next month. jon. mystery continues. jeff paul from santa thank you. 11 people dead after a small plane crash in hawaii. the aircraft used by skydivers crashed friday evening near an air afield on island of iowa wahoo relatives close by and likely witnessed crash and airplane fully engulfed in flames when first responders arrived. federal aviation and transportation agencies are