Dallas air show crash victims: What we know - FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth

DALLAS - The Commemorative Air Force released each six names of the radical killed successful a mid-air clang astatine the yearly Wings Over Dallas Air Show connected Saturday.

Terry Barker, Craig Hutain, Kevin Michels, Dan Ragan, Leonard Root, and Curt Rowe were killed successful the crash.

All six were connected the B-17 Flying Fortress and Bell P-63 Kingcobra formation crews progressive successful the collision.

Cell telephone video shows the P-63 Kingcobra crashing into the B-17 Flying Fortress, earlier bursting into flames.

"We admit the unthinkable enactment and condolences pouring successful and are relaying your messages to each impacted by this tragic event," said Hank Coates, the president of the Commemorative Air Force.

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On Monday, NTSB members updated the media connected the presumption of the investigation.

"We recovered the wreckage of the P63 arsenic of this morning, and it has been transported to a unafraid location," said NTSB subordinate Michael Graham.

The recovered pieces volition beryllium laid retired for investigation astatine a unafraid location.

Graham said rainfall has delayed further betterment of the much-larger B-17.

"The betterment process volition proceed tomorrow, upwind permitting," helium said.

The NTSB besides says it obtained the aerial amusement frequence signaling to analyse communications among the amusement participants.

And portion neither craft had formation information recorders, Graham said investigators did retrieve an physics formation show from the B-17 and a GPS navigational portion from the P-63.

"Data these benignant of units whitethorn have, and I accidental the connection ‘may have,’ are GPS location, imaginable altitudes of craft and speeds of the aircraft," Graham said.

The NTSB is investigating the origin of the crash.

A preliminary study from the NTSB is expected successful 4 to six weeks.

A last study whitethorn instrumentality up to 18 months to complete.

Terry Barker

Captain Terry Barker was an American Airlines aviator for 36 years and a erstwhile Keller City Councilman.

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He was besides a husband, a father, and astir precocious added the caller rubric of grandfather.

Barker was an Army seasoned who flew helicopters during his subject service.

He retired from American Airlines successful 2020.

Keller Mayor Armin Mizani knew Barker for years, and looked up to him arsenic a mentor. 

"Everybody knows everyone [in Keller]. Obviously, we are grieving," Mizani said.

Craig Hutain

Craig Hutain, a Houston-based pilot, was flying the azygous aviator P-63 Kingcobra connected Saturday.

Hutain, from Montgomery, Texas, flew for United Airlines and was readying to discontinue successful a fewer years.

In a erstwhile interrogation successful beforehand of his warbird, helium said his emotion for aviation came from his father. 

"From my behalf, it’s an grant and a privilege to alert this airplane," Hutain said successful the interview. "I’ve ever been a pilot. I’ve been capable to alert a J-3 with a pillow nether my rear extremity and down my back. It’s a life-long obsession for me."

Kevin "K5" Michels

Kevin Michel was from Austin, Texas.

According to his bio helium served galore roles connected the formation crew, including historian, media representative, and supervising tours for veterans and the public. 

Dan Ragan

Dan Ragan, from Dallas, Texas, was an 87-year-old Korean War veteran.

He was connected the B-17 during the collision.

Leonard "Len" Root

The Allied Pilots Association confirmed that CA Len Root of Fort Worth was connected the B-17 during the crash.

Root retired from his vocation arsenic an American Airlines aviator past year.

On Monday, Root's champion person came retired to a increasing memorial to wage his respects.

"It's truly hard to cognize that I conscionable mislaid my champion person present .and knowing we'll ne'er person him astir again alive," said David Arber.

Arber says helium past spoke with basal connected Thursday, who invited him connected committee the doomed flight, but helium had a erstwhile engagement.

"It's thing helium loved to do," helium said. "And it’s the mode the Good Lord took him to heaven." 

Arber is anxious for answers astir what went incorrect successful the aerial that fateful Saturday, taking the lives of his buddy and 5 others.

"It's precise hard to header with, and that's wherefore I'm present contiguous to springiness sympathy to the household members," helium said. 

Curt Rowe

Major Curt Rowe was named arsenic 1 of the victims by the Ohio Wing Civil Air Patrol connected Sunday.

Rower volunteered to beryllium a unit subordinate connected the B-17 Flying Fortress successful summation to his 30-plus years of work for the Civil Air Patrol.

Rowe, from Hilliard, Ohio, earned each aircrew standing imaginable and earned his Command Pilot rating, according to the Ohio Civil Air Patrol.

He flew hundreds of cadets connected predisposition flights implicit the people of his service, according to a Facebook post from the Civil Air Patrol.

How to Help

The International Council of Air Shows Founation acceptable up a donation page to assistance enactment the families of the victims.

The Commemorative Air Force says 100% of the wealth collected volition beryllium provided to the families.