A 24-year-old Indian technology professional, Sai Karthik Varma Datla, was among the 12 people killed when a skydiving aircraft crashed in Missouri, United States, on Sunday.
Authorities identified Datla as the only Indian national among those who died in the crash near Butler Memorial Airport in Bates County, about 80 miles south of Kansas City.
The aircraft, operated by Skydive Kansas City, crashed moments after take-off, killing all 12 people on board.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have launched an investigation into the accident.
Sai Karthik Varma Datla was a technology professional based in the Kansas City metropolitan area, with experience in cloud computing and DevOps engineering.
He had worked on cloud migration, automation and software deployment projects, building a career in the US technology industry after moving there for higher studies.
The aircraft involved in the accident was a Pacific Aerospace P750XL used for skydiving operations.
Several experienced skydivers, instructors, tandem jumpers and the pilot were among the victims, many of whom were well-known members of the regional skydiving community.
