BUTTE, Mont. – Authorities investigating a plane crash that killed 14 say an autopsy on the pilot's body could reveal whether a medical emergency was at fault.
However, Butte-Silver Bow County Coroner Lee LeBreche cautioned that a complete autopsy may be impossible because of the violent nature of the crash. The autopsy was under way Wednesday.
The plane carrying three families to a Montana ski vacation diverted from its original destination of Bozeman, Mont., for unknown reasons Sunday afternoon. A half-hour later witnesses saw it nosedive into a cemetery near the Butte airport.
LeBreche says he is nearing positive identification of the victims, including seven children from three families.
