Eight people remain hospitalized after a skydiving plane crashed at Cross Keys Airport in southern New Jersey on Wednesday evening.

A downed aircraft near Cross Keys Airport in Williamstown, New Jersey, has prompted a "mass casualty incident," Gloucester County Emergency Management said Wednesday. The officials added, "Please avoid the area to allow emergency vehicles the best access!"

At least five people were taken to a hospital when a small skydiving aircraft went off the end of a runway at an airport in New Jersey on Wednesday evening, according to authorities.