Pilot and 11 skydiving passengers killed in Missouri plane crash
Key takeaways
- Multiple agencies responded to the scene, including the Missouri state highway patrol, pictured in Kansas City on 10 June.
- Prefer the Guardian on GoogleTwelve people were killed in a plane crash near Butler, Missouri, on Sunday.
- According to Bates county emergency management, a private plane that had departed Butler Memorial airport shortly before 11.30am turned back before crashing near Business 49 Highway, Fox 4 reported.
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Multiple agencies responded to the scene, including the Missouri state highway patrol, pictured in Kansas City on 10 June. Photograph: Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Multiple agencies responded to the scene, including the Missouri state highway patrol, pictured in Kansas City on 10 June. Photograph: Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty Images Missouri Pilot and 11 skydiving passengers killed in Missouri plane crash Crash reportedly occurred shortly after departure from Butler Memorial airport at 11.30am on Sunday
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Prefer the Guardian on GoogleTwelve people were killed in a plane crash near Butler, Missouri, on Sunday.