Six died in the collision between two planes of World War II a Dallas, in Texas, in the United States. A P-63 Kingcobra fighter severed the tail of a B-17 bomber, a “Flying Fortress”: the devastating impact, a few hundred meters above the ground, left no escape for the fighter pilot and the 5 crew members of the four-engine: among them Terry Barker and Len Root. On Twitter, numerous videos of the two planes colliding and then crashing, causing a large fire and a column of black smoke in the sky. The confrontation was watched by tens of miles of people watching the show.
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The shock incident in Dallas: what happened
According to what the agency writes Associated Pressthe WWII air show with aircraft during a Veteran Day demonstration was held at Dallas Executive Airport: the Federal Aviation Administration states that the two aircraft, a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided and crashed around 1:20 pm on Saturday, local time (8:20 pm Italian time). The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are initiating investigations.
“We currently have no information on the status of the flight crews as rescuers are working on the incident“said Leah Block, spokesperson for the Commemorative Air Force. Block told ABC News that there should be five crew members on the B-17 and one on board the P-63.
