Federal aviation safety investigators release a preliminary report on a June 14 crash involving a skydiving aircraft in Missouri that killed 12 people aboard, including 11 skydivers and their pilot. According to multiple outlets summarizing the report, investigators did not identify any serious safety failures before the crash that could explain the fiery impact. The reporting states that the preliminary findings did not flag engine failure as a contributing cause. The accounts also indicate that investigators have not found evidence of a major safety lapse that would account for the circumstances leading to the disaster. One outlet notes that the jumpers included several experienced skydivers. Overall, the sources describe the preliminary stage of the investigation, emphasizing what it does not show—no major safety failures or engine-related issues identified in the early review—while leaving open that further analysis may still be conducted as investigators examine additional data and materials related to the aircraft and the flight.
Preliminary federal report finds no flagged safety failure in Missouri skydiving crash
Federal aviation safety investigators release a preliminary report on a June 14 crash involving a skydiving aircraft in Missouri that killed 12 people aboard, including 11 skydivers and their pilot. A...
- A Missouri skydiving plane crash on June 14 kills 12 people aboard, including 11 skydivers and the pilot.
- A federal preliminary safety report is issued on the crash.
- The preliminary report does not flag any serious safety failures that could have led to the crash.
- Investigators say there is no indication engine failure caused the fiery crash.
- The skydivers reportedly included several experienced jumpers.
Federal aviation investigators examining the June 14 crash – in which 11 skydivers and their pilot plunged to their deaths – found no major safety failures that could account for the disaster.
1 hour agoFederal safety investigators said in a new preliminary report that they found no indication that engine failure caused the fiery crash of a plane on a skydiving outing last month in Missouri that killed all 12 people aboard, including several very experienced jumpers.
4 hours agoA preliminary report issued by federal safety investigators didn't flag any serious safety failures that could have led to the fiery crash of a plane last month on a skydiving outing in Missouri that killed all 12 people aboard
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