Authorities say a pilot and 11 others were killed when a plane taking people on a skydiving outing in Missouri crashed in a field and caught fire.

Bystanders and first responders raced towards a burning passenger plane after it crashed on a highway in Laredo, Texas, in a bid to free those on board.

Austin tech leader Joshua Baer, founder of Capital Factory, was identified as the passenger who died in a plane crash late Tuesday night.  A business jet en route to Austin from San José del Cabo in Mexico crashed around 10 p.

Photos show wreckage and the emergency response after a small plane crashed in Laredo while bound for Austin, killing one person.

Joshua Baer, the founder and chief executive officer of the venture capital firm Capital Factory, died Tuesday in a plane crash in South Texas, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

The plane’s crew reported mechanical problems and low fuel as they flew to Austin, Texas, from Mexico. Five of the six people on board survived the crash in Laredo.

Pilots aborted one landing attempt before a fatal crash shortly after.

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