2026年6月15日 美国东部时间下午1:01 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：迪安娜·玛丽·洛
这起致命坠机事故造成11名跳伞者和1名飞行员丧生，一名事故目击者表示，飞机“撞向地面时完全解体了”。
这架私人飞机于周日从密苏里州巴特勒的巴特勒纪念机场起飞后不久坠毁，该机场位于堪萨斯城以南约60英里处。
“飞机当时机翼垂直朝向地面，速度极快，然后就直接撞向了地面，”目睹事故全过程的贝利·里德说道。“地面和周围的树木都被炸飞了，飞机随即燃起大火。”
里德表示，机上人员根本没有时间打开降落伞。
“他们没时间跳伞，”她在接受哥伦比亚广播公司新闻采访时说。“当时飞机离地太低，降落伞根本来不及打开，任何人都不可能跳伞逃生。”
机上乘客的家属当时也在现场为亲友加油助威，亲眼目睹了这场悲剧的发生。
“我们向他们致以深切慰问，”贝茨县警长查德·安德森说道。“我们实在说不出什么话能让他们好受一点。”
事故调查
美国国家运输安全委员会正在对这起坠机事故展开调查。
“此次调查的关键在于检查飞机本身的机械状况，尤其是发动机，”前美国国家运输安全委员会主席罗伯特·萨姆沃尔特说道。
![飞机失事残骸在密苏里州巴特勒的一处田野中燃烧，2026年6月14日周日。机上飞行员和11名跳伞者均在事故中遇难。《中美洲新闻评论》 via 美联社照片]
巴特勒是一座小镇，当地机场没有塔台与飞行员保持通讯。
萨姆沃尔特表示：“国家运输安全委员会将‘调查飞行员的培训情况，同时也会审查联邦航空管理局的监管情况，确认该局是否对该运营活动进行了充分的监督’。”“由于这是跳伞运营而非商业客运运营，联邦航空管理局通常没有足够资源监管此类小型运营活动。”
这架飞机由堪萨斯城跳伞俱乐部运营。
“对于所有与堪萨斯城跳伞俱乐部相关的人员以及更广泛的跳伞社区来说，这都是一场毁灭性的损失。我们向所有遇难者的家属、朋友和挚爱之人致以最沉痛的哀悼，”该组织在一份声明中说道。“目前，管理层和所有者团队的重点是协助调查人员开展工作，并支持员工和更广泛的跳伞社区。整个团队都处于震惊之中，而社区成员彼此团结一心。”
Skydivers on plane that crashed in Missouri “didn’t have time to jump,” witness says
June 15, 2026 1:01 PM EDT / CBS News
By Deanna Marie Lowe
A witness to the deadly plane crash that killed 11 skydivers and the pilot over the weekend said “the plane just completely like shattered with the ground” upon impact.
The private plane went down on Sunday just after takeoff from Butler Memorial Airport in Butler, Missouri, which is about 60 miles south of Kansas City.
“It was completely perpendicular with the wings to the sky, to the ground, going fast. And then they just hit the ground,” said Bailey Reed, who saw the crash happen. “The ground and trees around it exploded and it just lit up in flames.”
Reed said the people on board the plane would not have had a chance to deploy parachutes.
“They didn’t have time to jump,” she told CBS News. “They were so low to the ground the parachutes wouldn’t have deployed and there was no way anyone could have jumped and survived that.”
Family members of the people on the plane were also there to cheer on their loved ones and saw the tragedy unfold.
“Our hearts go out to them,” said Bates County Sheriff Chad Anderson. “There’s nothing we really can say to make it better.”
Crash investigation
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash.
“Key to this investigation is going to be looking at the mechanical condition of the airplane itself, the engine,” said Robert Sumwalt, the former chair of the NTSB.
The wreckage of a plane crash burns in a field in Butler, Missouri, on Sunday, June 14, 2026. The pilot and 11 skydivers on board died in the crash. Mid America News Review via AP Photo
Butler is a small town and the airport there did not have a tower that was in communication with the pilot.
The NTSB will “be looking at the training of the pilot. They’ll also be looking at the FAA oversight to see if the FAA was providing adequate surveillance over this particular operation,” Sumwalt said. “Since this is a parachute operation and not a commercial operation, oftentimes the FAA doesn’t have the resources to oversee small operations like this.”
The plane was operated by Skydive Kansas City.
“This is a devastating loss for everyone connected to Skydive Kansas City and for the wider skydiving community. Our deepest sympathies are with the families, friends, and loved ones of all who were lost,” the group said in a statement. “At this time, the focus of the management and ownership team is to assist investigators and to support the staff and the broader skydiving community. The entire team is in shock, and the community is close-knit.”
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