Plane crash reported during air show at Dallas Executive Airport - The Dallas Morning News

Officials were responding to reports of a midair collision that occurred during the Commemorative Air Force Wings Over Dallas amusement Saturday afternoon.

Jason Evans, a Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman, said 2 planes collided astir 1:30 p.m. astatine Dallas Executive Airport successful the 5300 artifact of Challenger Drive, adjacent U.S. Highway 67 successful Red Bird. According to WFAA-TV (Channel 8), the clang progressive a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.

Evans said astir 2 p.m. that helium did not cognize the presumption of the pilots, oregon whether immoderate injuries were reported among radical connected the ground.

In a video shared connected societal media, the B-17 was seen hitting a smaller level arsenic it made a turn. The beforehand of the B-17 broke off, and the plane’s wings erupted into flames arsenic they deed the ground. An onlooker said “Oh my god!” successful Spanish, and a ample unreality of achromatic fume could beryllium seen from the tract wherever dozens of radical were lasting to ticker the amusement overhead.

The TV presumption said debris from the collision could besides beryllium seen connected Highway 67, and TxDOT cameras showed that a conception of the road had been closed to traffic.

Wings Over Dallas is an craft amusement hosted by the Commemorative Air Force, an enactment dedicated to preserving World War II craft that’s based astatine the Red Bird airport.

Saturday was scheduled to beryllium the 2nd time of a three-day amusement held implicit Veterans Day weekend; Friday’s events were canceled due to the fact that of inclement weather. The organization’s website showed events were besides scheduled to instrumentality spot from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.

The CAF was founded arsenic a nonprofit radical successful 1961, and the play airshow was portion of the CAF’s Air Power History Tour, advertised arsenic a nationalist aerial circuit of WWII aircraft. The circuit advertises that its shows see either FIFI, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress, oregon Diamond Lil, a B-24 Liberator, on with different craft including the B-17, the B-25 Mitchell and P-51 Mustang.