More than 17 killed in a terrible crash of a United States of America
The children were among the victims of a plane crash which killed over 17 people Sunday in Butte, Montana, according to the authorities of Oroville, California, where the aircraft stopped for fuel. The only engine of the plane stopped at the airport Oroville, about 11 pm PT, rebuilt and left about half an hour later, Police Chief Kirk Trostle said.
"There were adults and children on board," he told reporters Sunday evening, adding the passengers came out briefly to stretch while the pilot again.
Federal Aviation Administration Mike Fergus said the spokesman, based on preliminary reports, 17 people died in the accident. The Pilatus PC-12 was headed to Bozeman, Montana, but turned away from the hill instead of 500 feet and crashed short of the runway at the Butte Bert Mooney Airport, Fergus said.
The flight plan at the origin of Redlands, California, as the site for monitoring flight FBOweb.com. Stops were made in Vacaville, California, and Oroville, before the plane to Montana.
Preliminary information indicates that the pilot did not declare an emergency on board the aircraft before the crash, Fergus said.
The National Transportation Safety Board is sending an investigation team on the scene, Kristi Dunks, an Aerosafety investigator with the agency, told the Butte on Sunday evening.
Dunks said the plane crashed in the cemetery of Sainte-Croix, located just south of the airport runway 3. She said that there were no survivors, although it would not confirm the number of people aboard the plane.
No one on the ground was injured, said Sheriff John Walsh.
Eric Teitelman, Director of the Oroville community development and public works, said the small airport has no control tower, but because it has an "open track" and a self-service fuel system it is often stop for private planes.
Teitelman said at least one person - the owner of an airplane doing the work - was at the airport on Sunday when Pilatus stopped for refueling.
The aircraft owner has met the pilot, saw the children running around, "said Teitelman.
The plane, built in 2001, was recorded at Eagle Cap Leasing Enterprise, Oregon, according to the FAA.
Martha Guidoni CNN said that she and her husband, who witnessed the plane crash. She photographed one of the first images of the scene, which shows the cemetery to the front of a huge blaze.We just take a ride, and suddenly we saw the aircraft take a fair diving, "she told CNN." We drove into the cemetery to see if there was any way my husband can help someone, and we were too late. There was nothing to help. "
Her husband, Steve Guidoni, who visited the accident site, said the plan "has entered the field and took a tree on fire. Video "... I looked to see if I could see anybody, I could pull or anything, but there was nothing I could not see anything", at he told CNN. "Some baggage [was] scattered around
