Six people lost their lives when two World War II military aircraft collided mid-air on Saturday before crashing to the ground and burst into flames in front of a crowd of people he had taken to watch an air show in Dallas.
No one on the ground was injured, and the names of the victims were not released, officials said today.
“Authorities will continue to work today to investigate and identify the victims,” ​​said Judge Clay Jenkins, the chief elected official in the Texas county. “Please pray for their families and all involved.”
The crash involved World War II-era planes — a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra fighter — flying in the “Wings Over Dallas Airshow” at Dallas Executive Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said. (FAA).
Hank Coates, president and CEO of the Commemorative Air Force, an organization dedicated to preserving World War II fighter jets, said the B-17 typically has a crew of four to five.
The P-63 is manned by a single pilot, Coates added, but did not say how many people were on board at the time of the crash.
Videos posted on social media captured the moment the two aircraft collided, before they crashed into the ground and burst into flames. Live aerial video footage shows debris from the aircraft strewn across a patch of burnt grass.
Source: News Beast
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