On Digicam, B-17 Bomber Collides With One other Airplane Mid-Air At US Airshow

The collision occurred in the course of the Commemorative Air Power Wings Over Dallas present (Twitter/GianKaizen)

United States:

Two plane – a Boeing B-17 bomber and a smaller aircraft – collided mid-air at an air present at Texas’s Dallas Government Airport on Saturday, instantly falling to the bottom and bursting into flames.

The situation of the pilots in each the plane is but to be decided, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was quoted as saying.

Dramatic visuals captured by individuals attending the airshow present the larger B-17 bomber flying, not very excessive from the bottom, in a straight line, whereas the smaller aircraft – a Bell P-63 Kingcobra, hurtling in its path from the left. The smaller aircraft crashes on high of the B-17, a World Struggle II-era aircraft, and instantly the 2 plane break aside into items, visuals present.

Inside a few seconds, the planes are on the bottom, lined in a ball of fireplace.

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— Giancarlo (@GianKaizen) November 12, 2022

OMG – two planes collided at ‘Wings Over Dallas’ air present at the moment

That is loopy

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— James T. Yoder (@JamesYoder) November 12, 2022

The collision occurred in the course of the Commemorative Air Power Wings Over Dallas present, Related Press reported, including that the FAA and the Nationwide Transportation Security Board had been launching investigations.

In a tweet, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson mentioned that there have been nonetheless particulars that remained “unknown or unconfirmed”. 

“As lots of you’ve got now seen, we’ve had a horrible tragedy in our metropolis at the moment throughout an airshow. Many particulars stay unknown or unconfirmed at the moment. The Nationwide Transportation Security Board has taken command of the crash scene with Dallas Police Division and Dallas Fireplace-Rescue persevering with to supply help,” he mentioned.

As lots of you’ve got now seen, we’ve had a horrible tragedy in our metropolis at the moment throughout an airshow. Many particulars stay unknown or unconfirmed at the moment. The @NTSB has taken command of the crash scene with @DallasPD and @DallasFireRes_q persevering with to supply help.

— Mayor Eric Johnson (@Johnson4Dallas) November 12, 2022

The B-17, a four-engined bomber, performed a serious function in profitable the air warfare in opposition to Germany in World Struggle II. With a workhorse fame, it turned one of the produced bombers ever. The P-63 Kingcobra was a fighter plane developed throughout the identical warfare by Bell Plane however utilized in fight solely by the Soviet Air Power.

One of many final main crashes of a B-17 was on October 2, 2019, when seven individuals died in an accident at an airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut.

(With inputs from AFP)