Federal investigators blamed the crash on worn parts and speed.įollow The New Indian Express channel on WhatsApp 16, 2011 - The pilot of a 70-year-old modified P-51D Mustang called the Galloping Ghost lost control of the aircraft at the National Championship Air Races and Air Show in Reno, Nevada, and crashed into spectators, killing 10 and injuring more than 60. Thousands of spectators saw the crash, which federal safety investigators said was likely caused by pilot error. JA pilot and a wing-walker were killed when their World War II-era Boeing-Stearman IB75A biplane crashed into the ground and burst into flames during a performance at the Vectren Dayton Air Show in Vandalia, Ohio. He was charged with 11 counts of manslaughter but ultimately was cleared. Investigators said the pilot, who survived, was flying too low and slowly to successfully complete a loop-the-loop. 22, 2015 - A 1950s-era Hawker Hunter T7 jet crashed into a busy highway near West Sussex, England, killing 11 and injuring more than a dozen others. Thousands of spectators witnessed the accident. military as a training aircraft beginning in the 1950s and also as a counterinsurgency aircraft during the Vietnam War, crashed at the Cold Lake Air Show in Alberta, killing the pilot. 27, 2016 - A pilot from Alaska was killed when his 450 Stearman biplane, a World War II-era plane often used for military training, crashed during the Airshow of the Cascades in Madras, Oregon. 26, 2017: A World War II-era Grumman G-73 Mallard flying boat stalled and nosedived into the Swan River in Perth, Australia, during Australia Day celebrations. Authorities say the pilot was re-creating a stunt he had performed on the prior day at the Amelia Earhart Festival. July 16, 2017: A pilot and an airport manager were killed in Cummings, Kansas, after their World War II-era P-51D Mustang 'Baby Duck' crashed into a field. The World War II-era SNJ-2 aircraft, known as a North American T-6 Texan, had departed from a nearby airport and was heading to Maryland when it crashed. May 30, 2018: A small vintage airplane that was part of a GEICO stunt team with five other planes crashed in a wooded residential area in Melville, New York, killing the pilot.

Swiss investigators said that 'high-risk flying' by the pilots led to the crash.

Retired from Switzerland's air force in 1981, the German-built plane was carrying tourists who wanted to take 'adventure flights' to experience the country's landscape in vintage planes. 4, 2018: A 79-year-old Junkers Ju-52 plane operated by the Swiss company Ju-Air plunged into the Piz Segnas mountain near the Flims ski resort in eastern Switzerland, killing all 20 on board. The aircraft was destroyed, and several vehicles in the parking lot were damaged. The P-51D Mustang was returning after performing a flyover during a living history show at the national Museum of the Pacific War. 17, 2018: A privately owned vintage World War II Mustang fighter airport plane crashed into the parking lot of an apartment complex in Fredericksburg, Texas, killing the pilot and a passenger. The National Transportation Safety Board found that pilot error was the probable cause, with inadequate maintenance a contributing factor. Seven people were killed and six were hurt. 2, 2019: A four-engine, propeller-driven B-17G Flying Fortress bomber with 13 people aboard crashed at Bradley International Airport, north of Hartford, Connecticut, during a traveling vintage aircraft show. DALLAS: Saturday's collision between two World War II-era military planes at a Dallas air show was the latest in a long list of crashes involving vintage planes used or designed for military purposes.

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