A plane crashed in a Missouri field Sunday during a skydiving outing, killing all 12 people on board, authorities said.
Chad Anderson, the sheriff of Bates County, told reporters the plane went down at about 11:30 a.m. CST shortly after departing Butler Memorial Airport.
Officials provided no immediate details about the victims or the cause of the crash, Anderson said.
Jon Ross Myers is the executive editor and publisher of the Mississippi News Network, Mississippi's largest digital only media company. He can be reached at editor@tippahnews.com
