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Investigators find no evidence of engine failure in fiery crash of skydiving plane that killed 12
By Associated Press at KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio News
· July 3, 2026
· 4 min read
Federal safety investigators said in a new preliminary report that they found no indication that engine failure caused the fiery crash of a plane on a skydiving outing last month in Missouri that killed all 12 people aboard, including several very experienced jumpers.The report issued Thursday by...
Key takeaway “I was surprised that they had determined that the engine was producing power,” said Jeff Guzzetti, president of Guzzetti Aviation Risk Discovery, an aviation safety consultancy.
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Category: safety ·
Published: July 3, 2026 ·
Source: KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio News ·
Reading time: 4 min
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