Missouri Plane Crash
A Bates County Sheriff's Deputy mans a roadblock outside the scene of a plane crash at Butler Memorial Airport in Butler, Mo., Sunday, June 14, 2026.
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Authorities say a pilot and 11 others were killed when a plane taking people on a skydiving outing in Missouri crashed in a field and caught fire. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says troopers assisted police and sheriff's officials at the crash site Sunday near a local airport in Butler, some 65 miles south of Kansas City. Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Justin Ewing said the plane was taking people up to skydive when it plunged into a field and was engulfed in flames. Teams from the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration were en route to the crash site to investigate.
Several of the skydivers who were killed when their plane crashed moments after taking off from a Missouri airfield were experienced jumpers. Authorities say the pilot and all 11 skydivers aboard died in the crash Sunday in Butler, Missouri. The United States Parachute Association, skydiving’s governing body, says its technology director, Jen Sharp, was among those killed. Sharp's website says she has made 6,800 jumps and also taught skydiving instructors and wrote educational materials for the sport. Skydive Kansas City says its team and the close-knit skydiving community is in shock. Federal investigators are at the crash site and have started interviewing witnesses.
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