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.

Eleven skydivers and a pilot died in the crash of a private plane on Sunday ​in Butler, Missouri, aircraft operator Skydive ...

The National Transportation Safety Board shared its initial findings into a skydiving plane crash that killed 12 people in Butler, Missouri.

Twelve people are dead after a skydiving plane crashed in Missouri on June 14, according to Bates County Emergency Management.

The crash, which is being treated as a “mass casualty,” according to Bates County Sheriff Chad Anderson, occurred in a field shortly after the plane took off from Butler Memorial Airport at 11:30 a.m.

The crash happened during takeoff and was reported about 11:27 a.m., Bates County Sheriff Chad Anderson said in a news conference Sunday afternoon. A pilot and 11 skydivers were killed.

The aircraft crashed moments after taking off from Butler Memorial Airport — with authorities confirming that some family members of the deceased had witnessed the tragedy.

Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board were at the crash site on June 15, a day after a skydiving plane crashed in Missouri.

Sai Karthik Varma Datla, a 24-year-old Indian tech professional, was among 12 people killed when a skydiving plane crashed ...

A plane carrying passengers preparing for a skydiving trip crashed near Butler Memorial Airport in Missouri on Sunday, killing all 12 people on board, authorities told news agency AP.

NEW YORK, June 14 (Xinhua) -- A plane crashed in the U.S. state of Missouri on Sunday, killing all 12 people on board, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a statement. The crash occurred near ...

Sai Karthik Varma Datla had a master's degree in computer science from the University of Central Missouri and worked in the healthcare technology sector ...