12 dead after skydiving plane crashes in Missouri

KCUR | By Madeline Fox

Published June 15, 2026 at 4:44 AM EDT

Authorities say 11 skydivers and a pilot are presumed dead after a single-engine turboprop plane crashed Sunday near Butler, Missouri.

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