Plane Crashes into Cemetery in Butte, Montana, Killing all 14 on Board

A small single-engine turboprop airplane crashed into a cemetery in Butte, Montana on Sunday killing all 14 people on board, seven of those passengers were said to be children.

According to witnesses the plane appeared to jerk sharply to the left before nose diving into the cemetery and igniting. The cemetery, Holy Cross Cemetery, was about 500 feet from the Bert Mooney Airport where the pilot was attempting to land.

Investigators are still trying to figure out what led the pilot to cancel a scheduled landing in Bozeman, about 85 miles southeast of Butte. It is unclear if that decision ultimately led to the crash.

The plane, a Pilatus PC-12, is said to have a capacity of 12 adults but it was carrying 14 on board when it went down. Seven of those were said to be children so it is unclear if the number of passengers played a role.

Conditions at the time of the crash were believed to be favorable as the pilot had partly cloudy skies with visibility said to be ten miles with a slight wind from the northwest.

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