2 Planes Crash Mid-Flight During Airshow in Dallas - NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

Dallas Fire-Rescue reported an Alert 3 – Aircraft Emergency, aft a mid-air collision involving 2 historical subject planes astatine Dallas Executive Airport successful Texas.

A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided and crashed to the crushed astatine the Wings Over Dallas Airshow astir 1:20 p.m. Saturday, according to the FAA.

"It's similar virtually arsenic you looked up you saw the large level and past you saw 1 of the small planes divided disconnected from the 3 and past arsenic soon arsenic it divided disconnected it's similar they conscionable collided into each different and the small level divided the large level successful half. I honestly can't judge that we witnessed that, similar conscionable lasting present underneath it." said Morgan Curry who saw the clang from a adjacent parking lot. "We were each conscionable lasting determination similar 'what conscionable happened?'"

Hundreds of radical sojourn the yearly Wings Over Dallas Airshow each year. Those who attended Saturday recorded the clang connected their phones.

Curry said she has been going to the airshow for years and ne'er witnessed thing similar it.

At this time, No accusation has been released connected the presumption of the pilots, oregon whether immoderate injuries were reported from falling debris, and it is chartless however galore radical were connected some aircraft.

The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board volition investigate. The NTSB volition beryllium successful complaint of the probe and volition supply further updates.

US Southbound 67 volition stay closed for respective hours and postulation is being diverted. Southbound 67 volition stay closed. Additionally, the Dallas Executive Airport volition stay closed for the duration of the investigation.

NBC 5 crews are headed to the scene.

Dallas Fire-Rescue reported an Alert 3 – Aircraft Emergency, aft a mid-air collision involving 2 historical subject planes astatine Dallas Executive Airport successful Texas.

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