The collision of two airplanes led to the death of 6 people along with all the crew members on Saturday, at an executive airport, in Dallas.
The two planes from the world-war- II era had a crash in mid-air during the air show in Dallas, US.
The planes are a B-17 flying Fortress, a Boeing, and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra. This crash took place on Saturday, at 1:20 p.m. CST (1820 GMT), at Texas’s Dallas Executive Airport.
This dangerous sight was captured by people attending the air show and people at the airport. The visuals taped by people present at the location of the crash show that the bigger plane, the B-17 Flying Fortress, was decently close to the ground, flying in a straight line while the smaller plane, the P-63 Kingcobra has fast and agile when it slammed into B-17 from the left side. Immediately both the historic military aircraft broke apart into pieces and was a ball of fire on the ground.
Michael Graham, a member of N.T.S.B. states that there were five crew members in the b-17 and the sole pilot in P-63 Kingcobra who were killed.
The authorities did not release the names of the victims, but the city of Keller, Texas, about 30 miles northwest of Dallas, confirmed on social media that a former City Council member there, Terry Barker, died in the collision.
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“A mid-air collision at an air show like this was “extremely rare”, says Hank Coates, the president of Commemorative Air Force. Also, added that the pilots were well-trained and licensed volunteers, typically the former airline or military pilots who have fought in world war-II.
The families of crew members involved in the disaster and witnesses would be offered support, including emotional counseling, he said.
Paul Martin, the Army Air Force Historical Association calls the B-17 Flying Fortress a “tractor-trailer truck” which is big enough to carry a crew of 10 or 11 people.
The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (N.T.S.B.) are investigating this launch. The preliminary reports are expected to come to light in several days but the final findings may not be issued for more than a year.
Hank Coates, concludes by requesting “if you have it in you, please express prayers and thoughts for the crews that were involved in the crash, for people who witnessed it, and for the family members.”
