Twelve people are dead after a skydiving plane spun out of control and slammed into the ground shortly after takeoff in Missouri. The aircraft carried 11 skydivers and a pilot — none survived.
Witnesses described the plane losing control almost immediately after leaving the runway. One account of the crash, captured in the headline of an early witness report, put it plainly: “They didn’t have time to jump.”
The crash wiped out everyone on board. Twelve fatalities from a single skydiving flight is among the deadliest aviation accidents of this type the state has seen — though investigators haven’t yet issued any official characterization of the scale.
What caused the aircraft to spin has not been determined. No federal agency had publicly identified the crash site, the name of the skydiving operation, or the aircraft type as of the time this article was published — details that investigators typically release in the hours and days following a crash. The National Transportation Safety Board would ordinarily lead the investigation into a fatal general aviation accident of this kind.
The date of the crash was June 15, 2026. No information on the identities of the victims had been released.
Reported by BBC News. Read the original report.
