ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />A small plane carrying a group of skydivers crashed in Belgium on Saturday, killing all 11 people on board despite the attempts of several to jump to safety, local authorities said.<br/> <br />The plane took off from a small airport near Namur, central Belgium, carrying members of a local skydiving club, and crashed 20 minutes later near Fernelmont, south-east of Brussels.<br/> <br />"According to witnesses, a part of the plane broke off, it nosedived and crashed into the ground like a stone," Jean-Claude Nihoul, mayor of Fernelmont, told Reuters.<br/> <br />He said three of the passengers had tried to save themselves by jumping from the plane but they were too late. All of the people on board were Belgian.
