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Pilot parachutes, passengers survive plane crash near Kansas City [View all]
BATES COUNTY A pilot and six passengers survived a small plane crash that occurred just after 1p.m. Saturday near the Butler Memorial Airport, approximately one hour south of Kansas City.
First responders found the single-engine Cessna C206 in a hay field east of the airport runways, according to the Bates County, Missouri Sheriff.
The pilot had been able to parachute from the plane prior to the crash and was located at a hanger at the airport. EMS treated everyone involved at the scene and released them, according to the sheriff's office.
The plane is a total loss. The Bates County Sheriffs Office is assisting the NTSB and the FAA in their investigations. Authorities released no additional details including the name of the pilot.
https://hayspost.com/posts/103f5560-eee6-4220-a547-a576089ee71d
Wow, if everyone had died the pilot would have had a lot of explaining to do.
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Pilot parachutes, passengers survive plane crash near Kansas City [View all]
KS Toronado
May 2024
OP
The pilot still has a lot of explaining to do. He parachuted out and left everyone to die...
brush
May 2024
#1
Sounds more like a Trump supporter. "The hell with everyone else I AM THE ONLY IMPORTANT ONE HERE" .
usaf-vet
May 2024
#9
Yes, and the person who wrote this mess of an article should bbe taken to task, not the pilot.
ShazzieB
May 2024
#38
Not to mention the people who assumed from this sketchy report that the pilot was an a-hole
Ocelot II
May 2024
#39
*Everybody* parachuted out of the plane - the article is incomplete and misleading.
Ocelot II
May 2024
#21
I like the OP story. More my kind of joke - like the airline pilot who died peacefully in his sleep while
Wonder Why
May 2024
#35
So the asshole was wearing his chute or did he take time to put it on while telling his passengers he was bailing?
CrispyQ
May 2024
#4
I've never even heard of a pilot carrying a parachute on a small plane like that.
bluedigger
May 2024
#5
See #21. Everyone wears a parachute in a skydiving plane, and everyone parachuted out.
Ocelot II
May 2024
#26
It's really hard to tell from the photo if that's the entire plane or just part of it.
Ocelot II
May 2024
#19