'They didn't have time to jump' - Witnesses recall skydiving plane crash

'They didn't have time to jump' - Witnesses recall skydiving plane crash 8 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleBrandon DrenonWatch: Aerial view of the crash site as emergency services attend scene in Butler, MissouriInvestigators are sifting through the wreckage of a small plane that crashed in Missouri on Sunday, as witnesses describe the aircraft's deadly descent.The crash occurred near Butler at about 11:20 local time (16:20 GMT), when a skydiving plane carrying 11 passengers and a pilot spun out of control and plunged to the ground, killing everyone on board. The victims have not yet been identified publicly.A spokesperson for the National Transportation Safety Board told the BBC that investigators left on Monday morning for the crash site.Bailey Reed, who witnessed the crash, told the BBC's US partner CBS News the plane was "completely perpendicular" and "going fast" as it slammed into the ground."They didn't have time to jump," Reed said. "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." Charles Crinklaw, a regular sky diver in Kansas City - located roughly 50 miles from Butler - told local news: "Everybody on that plane was somebody that I know." "I know four of them very, very well. They jumped with me [at Falcon Skydiving] on a regular basis," he said, speaking to a Kansas City NBC News affiliate. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the plane was a Pacific Aerospace P750 and crashed while departing the airport.Skydive Kansas City, the company that runs the skydiving operation in the region, called the incident "devastating loss" for "the wider skydiving community". "Our deepest sympathies are with the families, friends, and loved ones of all who were lost," the company said in a statement to the BBC.It said it was working close...