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Eleven skydivers and 1 aviator person been killed successful a level clang successful the US authorities of Missouri, officials said.
The airplane, which was leased by a skydiving company, took disconnected astir 11:20 section clip connected Sunday, according to a Bates County Emergency Management spokesperson.
After failing to summation altitude, it made a crisp near crook and crashed astir 200 yards distant from Butler Memorial Airport, the spokesperson told the BBC.
All 12 radical connected committee died, helium said.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said a Pacific Aerospace P750 crashed portion departing the airport.
"Air postulation services were not being provided astatine the time," the FAA said.
Local media reported that archetypal responders are checking the country to spot if immoderate of the skydivers had jumped from the level earlier the crash.
The metropolis of Butler is astir 50 miles southbound of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is starring the probe into the crash, the FAA said.
The BBC has contacted the NTSB.
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