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A tragic skydiving plane crash near Butler, Missouri, took lives of all 12 people onboard, including 11 skydivers and the pilot. Sheriff Chad Anderson said the crash appears to be an accident, with no signs of criminal activity or terrorism. FAA and NTSB are investigating the cause.
 
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00:00Thank you for listening.
01:53Thank you guys for coming out and thanks for working with us.
01:55Sorry I didn't have much more information.
01:58Today at 1130 this morning, we had a plane crash on the property of the airport.
02:05We are treating that as a mass casualty.
02:10We want to be very clear.
02:12This is not a commercial airliner that has crashed.
02:14It's a local airplane that took off from our local airport.
02:18It's been here.
02:20It's not something that travels.
02:21It's not a commercial airline.
02:22And that's important to know.
02:24So, and, you know, we just want to reassure the public that there's nothing criminal that
02:28we can see, nothing terrorism related or anything like that.
02:32Those are some of the first questions that we would have with the World Cup being in town.
02:36And we just want to make sure that the public knows that they're safe.
02:39And this, for all intents and purposes, appears to be an accident.
02:42You said two days will the airport be closed for two days as well?
02:46The airport will be closed for an undetermined amount of time.
02:49That's up to the NTSB and the FAA.
02:52And so will this, the highway here.
02:54As long as they're out there, this highway will be closed.
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