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A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided and crashed at the Wings Over Dallas airshow around 1:20 p.m. Saturday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
Authorities responded to the incident at Dallas Executive Airport, Dallas Fire-Rescue’s Jason Evans told us on Saturday.
The death toll in the crash was still unconfirmed as of Saturday afternoon, according to Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson.
However, the Allied Pilots Association, the union representing American Airlines pilots, identified two retired pilots and former union members among those killed in the collision.
Former members Terry Barker and Len Root were part of the B-17 Flying Fortress crew during the Wings Over Dallas air show, the APA said in a tweet. The APA is also offering professional counseling services at its headquarters in Fort Worth following the incident.
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Two vintage World War II planes collided and crashed during an air show in the US state of Texas, killing six people.
Footage shows the planes hitting each other at low altitude, breaking one of the planes in two. A fireball can be seen when it hits the ground.
The planes – including a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress – were taking part in a memorial air show near Dallas.
Firefighters said there were no injuries to those on the ground.
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“According to our Dallas County Medical Examiner, there were a total of six fatalities in yesterday’s Wings over Dallas air show incident,” Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said in a statement Sunday. tweet.
The Allied Pilots Association, which represents American Airlines pilots, said Terry Barker and Len Root – two of its former members – were among those who died in the collision.
Eyewitness Chris Kratovil – who was one of 4,000 to 6,000 who had gathered to watch the Wings Over Dallas air show on Saturday – told the BBC he had “never seen a crowd get bigger silent or more still in the blink of an eye”.
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Emergency crews raced to the crash scene at the Dallas Executive Airport, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) from the city’s downtown. News footage from the scene showed crumpled wreckage of the planes in a grassy area inside the airport perimeter. Dallas Fire-Rescue told The Dallas Morning News that there were no reported injuries among people on the ground.
Anthony Montoya saw the two planes collide.
“I just stood there. I was in complete shock and disbelief,” said Montoya, 27, who attended the air show with a friend. “Everybody around was gasping. Everybody was bursting into tears. Everybody was in shock.”
Officials did not say how many people were on the planes, but Hank Coates, president of the company that organized the air show, said one of the planes, a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, had usually a crew of four to five. . The other, a P-63 Kingcobra fighter jet, has a single pilot.
No paying customers were on the plane, said Coates of Commemorative Air Force, which also owned the planes. Their planes are flown by highly trained volunteers, often retired pilots, he said.
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