Several of the skydivers who were killed when their plane crashed moments after taking off from a Missouri airfield were experienced jumpers.

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 names of the 11 skydivers and pilot killed in the Butler, Missouri plane crash June 14 have been released by Bates County ...

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.

A skydiving plane crashed shortly after takeoff Sunday near Butler Memorial Airport in Bates County, Missouri, killing 12 people. Federal investigators are working to determine what caused the crash.

All 12 people on board a plane that crashed in Butler, Missouri, are presumed dead, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol.

BUTLER, Mo. (AP) — A plane carrying a pilot and 11 passengers on a skydiving outing in Missouri crashed in a field and was engulfed in flames Sunday, killing all aboard, authorities said. The crash ...