Shelton based skydiving plane crashes in Cascade Mountains, wreckage found

Several parachutists are missing after authorities lost contact with their single engine Cessna aircraft on Sunday when it was flying near White Pass:

It was the last big dive of the jumping season, a "boogie" near Boise, Idaho, to cap another summer in the air.

But nine Snohomish-based skydivers and a pilot never made it home Sunday from the get-together.

Searchers scouring a heavily wooded area east of White Pass found the wreckage of the missing single-engine plane, according to reports from the scene. A hunter reported seeing a low-flying plane, then hearing a crash Monday night southwest of Rimrock Lake.

Late Monday, ground searchers reportedly found a debris field that is thought to be from the plane. There was no immediate word on the fate of those aboard it.

We offer our prayers both for those who died and for the survivors, if there are any, as well as the families and friends of the skydivers.