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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Search Search: Kids among 17 killed in US plane crash AFP - Monday, March 23 LOS ANGELES, (AFP) - - US federal investigators on Monday searched for possible causes of a crash of a small plane that went down in the northern state of Montana killing all 17 people on board, many of them children. ADVERTISEMENT "We think that it was probably a ski trip for the kids," Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike Fergus told AFP, adding that preliminary reports showed 17 people were killed when the plane plunged into a cemetery. The plane, a single engine turboprop, was heading from Oroville, California, just north of San Francisco on a 900-mile (1,500-kilometer) journey to Bozeman, Montana. However, at some point "they diverted into Butte (Montana) where it crashed ... 500 feet (150 meters) short of the runway" of a local airport, FAA spokesman Les Dorr said. Fergus said the crash occurred at around 2:30 pm (2030 GMT), just south of the Bert Mooney Airport in Butte, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) west of Bozeman. He said the plane "crashed into Holy Cross cemetery, about 500 feet (150 meters) from the airport while attempting to land." Neither spokesman speculated on the cause of the crash or on weather conditions prevalent at the accident site. Dorr said a team of investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board was heading to the area. "We watched this plane just take a nose-dive right into the cemetery," witness Martha Guidoni told CNN. A picture she snapped of the accident scene showed towering flames shooting up behind a cemetery and one of a series of towering trees ablaze. She and her husband Steve rushed to the scene of the crash to see if anybody could be helped, but she said: "We were too late. There was nothing to help." Steve Guidoni said when he got to the crash site "everything was on fire. "And there wasn't much left of the plane, actually. It was embedded in the ground. It went into the ground. It caught a big tree on fire. "I looked to see if there was anybody I could pull out, but there wasn't nothing there. I couldn't see nothing. Some luggage strewn around and fire. That was about it. There was some plane parts." He said the plane left a hole 20 feet (six meters) deep in the ground. Dorr said the plane was apparently owned by Eagle Cap Leasing from Enterprise, Oregon. He said it normally carries nine or 10 people, but that the fatal flight might have been configured to legally carry more passengers. Aviation attorney Mary Schiavo, a former federal inspector, told CNN she was familiar with the type of aircraft and said it was not certified to carry such a large load. "This aircraft is only certified for nine passengers. Granted, they said that they were children, but unless people were holding them in their laps, which is not a safe way to fly, only nine passengers and two crew," Schiavo said. "The maximum weight when you're landing this plane, you're only allowed to have 9,000 pounds (4,000 kilograms) on it and the empty weight is almost 6,000 pounds (2,700 kilograms). So, that's not a lot of leeway." Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average (0 votes) Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: World Obama: Anger isn't governing strategyAP - Tuesday, March 24 Astronauts prepare for 3rd and final spacewalkAP - Tuesday, March 24 Police: Bomb kills 5, wounds 12 in IraqAP - Tuesday, March 24 Baghdad bomb kills 9Reuters - Tuesday, March 24 Pope urges African leaders to help needy moreAP - Tuesday, March 24 Enlarge Photo Picture taken by eyewitness Martha Guidoni and provided by the Montana Standard shows a small, singe-engine plane bursting into flames in Holy Cross Cemetery just south of the Bert Mooney Airport in Butte, Montana. All 17 people on board were killed, many of them children heading on a skiing holiday, federal aviation officials said. Most Popular – World Viewed British reality TV star Jade Goody dies of cancer Prince Charles blue over green crusade Madoff loses bail appeal as victims' rage revealed Arrest warrant issued for Lindsay Lohan Opel boss hints at closing German plants View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Community - Intellectual Property Rights Policy - Help

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