Prominent Idaho executives, kids among 9 killed in South Dakota plane crash – USA Today

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota – Nine people were killed in a plane crash near Chamberlain, South Dakota, on Saturday afternoon.

An eastern Idaho family of 12 visited the state for a weekend hunting trip, but the Pilatus PC-12 crashed around 12:30 p.m. shortly after taking off from Chamberlain, according to Peter Knudson with the National Transportation Safety Board. The ages of the passengers ranged from 7 to 81.

Among the victims were Jim Hansen Sr. and his sons, Kirk and Jim Hansen Jr., and six other family members. 

The crash also killed Kirk Hansen’s children, Stockton and Logan;…