Six people were killed Saturday after two historic aircraft collided mid-air at a Dallas air show and plummeted to the ground in a fireball, stunning...
The collision was reported about 1:20 p.m., more than two hours after the start of the main flight demonstration portion of Saturday’s show. According to the schedule, the B-17 was to take part in a parade with other historic bombers, including B-24s, B-25s and A-26s. The P-63 was scheduled to take part in a flier escort.
The P-63 disintegrated immediately, while the B-17 was sheared in half, according to videos posted by onlookers. The tail half of the B-17 dropped immediately to the ground several hundred feet below, while the first half of the fuselage continued gliding, eventually flipping over before crashing to the ground in a ball of flames.
“Firefighters were able to quickly arrive at the crash site, at the South end of the airport, and extinguish the flames where most of the debris came to rest,” Evans said. “Though debris stretched from the airport, across Highway 67 to a strip mall on the opposite side, there were no spectators, or anyone else on the ground, impacted by the crash.”The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the crash.
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