(Updated with additional details from Yellowstone Air Services)
BOZEMAN — More information has been released about an aircraft that crashed at Mission Field Airport in Livingston on Thursday morning.
Gabriel Chandler, the owner of Yellowstone Air Services, said there was some snow on the ground when the jet was landing but says he does not believe weather was a factor.
The jet was unable to stop and slid about 500 feet past the runway, through barbed wire, and into a ravine on private property.
Chandler says the two pilots were the only ones on board and walked away from the plane crash.
The cause could have been brake failure, according to Chandler. He says the NTSB is investigating and will learn exactly what happened from the jet's black box.
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LIVINGSTON - The Park County Sheriff's Office confirmed an airplane crashed at the Livingston airport on Thursday morning.
Park County Undersheriff Clay Herbst said that at 9:01 a.m. the FAA reported that an airplane had missed the runway. Park County sheriff's deputies along with Montana Highway Patrol troopers and Livingston Fire & Rescue responded.
Passengers on the airplane were transported to a hospital with injuries, according to Herbst. It was not immediately known how many people were injured, the severity of their injuries, or where they were taken.
An airport employee parked at an entrance Thursday morning said the airport was closed and no one was allowed access.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
