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United States: Collision between two World War II planes during an air show in Texas

Two World War II planes collided and crashed to the ground during an air show in Dallas on Saturday.

A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber and a Bell P-63 KingCobra fighter collided in flight at around 1:20 p.m. (2020 GMT), the aviation regulator (FAA) announced in a statement late Saturday.

“At this time we do not know how many people were on board,” added the FAA, which opened an investigation.

Witnesses have uploaded videos of the crash, in one of which one of the devices appears to break before hitting the ground.

The “Dallas Executive” airport, located about ten kilometers south of the Texan metropolis, evoked on Twitter an “incident” during a display of military aircraft from the 1940s, organized as part of the 9/11 long holiday weekend. november. Firefighters said they had been dispatched to the scene. But no other information is available at this stage.

Author: AL with AFP
Source: BFM TV

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