Multiple people survive plane crash near Missouri airport
BUTLER, Mo. — Multiple people have survived after a plane crash near Butler Memorial Airport on Saturday afternoon.
Around 1 p.m., the Bates County Sheriff’s office alerted about a small airplane that crashed by the Butler Missouri airport.
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When first responders arrived to the scene, they found an airplane in a hay field east of the runways.
The pilot had been able to parachute from the plane prior to the plane crashing and was located at an hanger at the airport.
Everyone on the plane was treated by EMS and released at the scene. The plane is a total loss.
The Bates County Sheriff’s Office is assisting the NTSB and the FAA in this investigation.
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