NTSB Seeks 12 Victims' Devices in Missouri Skydiving Crash as No Black Box Is Expected
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 15
NTSB Seeks 12 Victims' Devices in Missouri Skydiving Crash as No Black Box Is Expected
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 15
Summary
Federal investigators said they are searching the wreckage and victims' personal electronic devices after a skydiving plane crash in Butler, Missouri, killed 12 people shortly after takeoff.
The NTSB does not expect to recover a cockpit voice recorder because the small aircraft was not required to carry one, leaving phones, cameras and witness material as key evidence sources.
Michael Graham, the agency's vice chairman, said the wreckage should be moved Tuesday to another site for analysis and that a preliminary report is expected within 30 days.
Witnesses described the plane bursting into flames in a field near Butler Memorial Airport; the aircraft was operated by Skydive Kansas City and was built in 2010 by New Zealand-based Pacific Aerospace.