Plane Carrying 11 People For Skydiving Trip Crashes In Missouri, All Onboard Killed

Missouri: A private plane, carrying eleven people who were planning to spend the day skydiving, crashed in Missouri, USA, on Sunday morning. All people onboard, including the eleven skydivers and the pilot died in the tragic accident.

As per reports, the plane, which had departed from the Butler Memorial Airport, turned around for some unfathomable reason when it crashed. The plane went down shortly after take off. Following the crash, the plane was engulfed in fire near the airport. 

Emergency services arrived at the spot shortly after the crash.

The responders extinguished the blaze, but no survivors were found. First responders also checked the area under the aircraft’s flight path but did not find anyone who may have jumped out of the plane before the crash, officials said. 

Dennis Jacobs, the acting airport manager told AP, “It had just taken off and made a left turn...In my opinion I think it was losing power, and he was trying to make it over to the highway and land, and he stalled and went down nose first and caught fire.”

Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Justin Ewing described the scene at the crash site “brutal”.

The exact cause of the crash has not been determined yet.

The plane was operated by Skydive Kansas City, according to AP. The aircraft involved has been identified as a Pacific Aerospace 750XL, a single-engine turboprop model popularly used for skydiving operations. FAA records showed the plane was manufactured in 2010.

In a separate incident, an aircraft carrying four passengers crashed into mangroves near the east end of the runway in Florida on Sunday.

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