9 Killed in South Dakota Plane Crash

09:31     1 December, 2019

Nine people, including two children, were killed Saturday when a plane crashed in rough weather near Chamberlain, South Dakota, NBC News reports..

A Pilatus PC-12, a single-engine turboprop passenger plane, had as many as 12 people on board when it crashed shortly after takeoff about a mile from Chamberlain Municipal Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.

Brule County state's attorney Theresa Maule Rossow said survivors were hospitalized in Sioux Falls. Among the dead was the plane's pilot, she said.


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