Two vintage military planes collided mid-air Saturday at a World War II memorial air show in Dallas, crashing to the ground before bursting into flames, federal officials said.
It was not immediately clear how many people were injured or killed.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the incident, which occurred early Saturday afternoon, involved a World War Two-era Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber and a Bell P-63 King Cobra fighter jet from Dallas Executive Air Force Base. Flying in the wings above the Dallas Air Show at the base. In a statement
Airport officials said on Twitter that emergency crews rushed to the crash site, but it was unclear how many people were on board the two planes, the FAA said.
Hank Coates, president and CEO of the Air Force Commemoration (CAF), a group dedicated to preserving World War II warplanes, told a news conference that the B-17 typically had a crew of four to five. happens.
Coates added that the P-63 was operated by a single pilot, but he would not say how many people were on board at the time of the crash, their names or their conditions.
Video clips posted on social media captured the incident as it unfolded, showing the two planes colliding and crashing to the ground, engulfed in flames. Live aerial video footage showed wreckage scattered over a patch of brown grass at the crash site.
Both the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) launched investigations, with the latter taking the lead and providing updates, officials said.
