WASHINGTON – Federal investigators have reached the site of a South Dakota plane crash that killed nine members of a prominent United States business family on Saturday.
Spanning four generations, they had been travelling back home to Idaho after an annual pheasant-hunting trip.
Their plane crashed shortly after take-off around 12:30 (18:30 GMT) local time from Chamberlain – which was under a winter storm warning at the time.
Officials confirmed three other family members survived the crash.
Among the victims were Jim Hansen Sr. and his two sons Kirk and Jim Jr.
Two of Kirk Hansen’s sons also died in the accident, along with two of his son-in-laws. The other victims were Jim Jr.’s son and a grandson.
Investigators have not yet established the cause of the crash.(BBC)
