{"id":704042,"date":"2026-06-14T19:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T19:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/704042\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T19:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T19:05:12","slug":"12-people-presumed-dead-in-missouri-plane-crash-carrying-skydivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/704042\/","title":{"rendered":"12 people presumed dead in Missouri plane crash carrying skydivers"},"content":{"rendered":"

All 12 people on board a plane that crashed in Butler, Missouri, are presumed dead, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol. <\/p>\n

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The plane, that was carrying skydivers with Skydive Kansas City, crashed Sunday morning near Butler Memorial Airport along Business Interstate 49, per the highway patrol and an airport official.<\/p>\n

The aircraft had just taken off and was unable to gain altitude, according to Butler Memorial Airport Acting Manager Dennis Jacobs. It then made a sharp left turn and may have been attempting to land on the highway when it crashed, Jacobs told NBC News. <\/p>\n

Troopers are on the scene along with the Butler Police Department and Bates County Sheriff\u2019s Office. Business Interstate 49 has been shut down in both directions \u201cfor an undetermined amount of time,\u201d according to the sheriff\u2019s office. <\/p>\n

Video from the scene shows billowing smoke emerging from the wreckage in a field. <\/p>\n

The National Transportation Safety Board said it is collecting information on the crash and \u201cwill likely launch a team.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Federal Aviation Administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment. <\/p>\n

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/p>\n

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Mirna Alsharif is a breaking news reporter for NBC News.<\/p>\n

Madison Lambert\u00a0is\u00a0an assignment editor at NBC News.<\/p>\n

Nollaig O’Connor contributed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All 12 people on board a plane that crashed in Butler, Missouri, are presumed dead, according to Missouri…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-704042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}