11 skydivers, pilot killed in U.S. plane crash
A plane crash on Sunday near an airport in Butler, Missouri, United States of America, killed 12 people on board dead.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol, in a statement on X on Sunday, said that the crash killed the pilot and 11 skydivers on board near Butler Memorial Airport.
“Troopers are on scene assisting the Butler Police Department & Bates County Sheriff’s Office of a Fatal Plane Crash near the Butler Memorial Airport,” the statement read. “At this time reports indicate all occupants (12 total) have perished.”
Authorities said the plane was conveying the passengers up to skydive when it crashed at about 11.00 a.m.
The 12 victims are yet to be identified.
However, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration in a post on X said, “Preliminary information shows a skydiving aircraft, a Pacific Aerospace P750, crashed while departing Butler Memorial Airport in Missouri at approximately 11:35 a.m. local time on June 14 with 12 people on board.”
It added, “At the time of the crash, the FAA was not providing air traffic control services. The @NTSB will lead the investigation and provide updates.”
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