Skydiving plane crashes killing all 12 people onboard in Missouri
A pilot and 11 passengers onboard were killed in the crash (via REUTERS)
A skydiving plane carrying 12 people crashed near Butler Memorial Airport in Missouri on Sunday, resulting in the deaths of everyone onboard.
The aircraft went down at approximately 11:30 a.m. shortly after takeoff for a planned skydive, subsequently bursting into flames in a field near the airport.
The National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration have dispatched teams to the crash site to investigate the cause of the incident.
The private plane, identified as a Pacific Aerospace 750XL single-engine turboprop, was operated by Skydive Kansas City.
Dennis Jacobs, the acting airport manager, speculated that the plane might have been losing power, stalled, and went down nose first before catching fire.
