While plane carrying kids crashes in US, killing 17...

A small plane crashed yesterday as it approached an airport in Montana, killing 17 people, including several children. The single engine turboprop plane crashed about 500 feet from the airport in Butte while attempting to land. The plane crashed in a cemetery.

The aircraft had departed from California and the pilot had filed a flight plan showing a destination of Bozeman. But the pilot cancelled his flight plan at some point and headed for Butte, , said Federal Aviation Administra-tion spokesman Mike Fergus.