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

Three people were critically injured and 11 others were hurt when a skydiving plane crashed Wednesday afternoon in Monroe Township in Gloucester County near the Cross Keys Airport, officials said at a press conference Wednesday night. The Cessna 208B skydiving aircraft, which had 15 people onboard, went down around 5:30 p.m., according to the FAA.

The outcome "could have been much worse," said the representative of Skydive Cross Keys, which has operated since 1994 at Cross Keys Airport in Williamstown. It said a Cessna 208B carrying 15 people developed "mechanical issues" at roughly 3,000 feet, minutes after taking off at about 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.