India, June 17 -- A 24-year-old Indian technology professional, Sai Karthik Varma Datla, was among the 12 people killed when a skydiving aircraft crashed shortly after take-off in Missouri, United States, on Sunday.

Datla was identified by authorities 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 a...