 A video showed the smaller plane shearing off the tail section of the flying fortress as eyewitnesses were heard shouting "oh no" as the planes plummeted. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the collision, including why both aircraft were flying at the same altitude and in the same air space, NTSB member Michael Graham said at a Sunday news conference. The crash came three years after the crash of a bomber in Connecticut that killed seven, and amid ongoing concern about the safety of air shows involving older warplanes. The company that owned the planes flying in the Wings Over Dallas show has had other crashes in its more than 60-year history. A Boeing B–17G Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collided ( twitter.com/DallasTexasTV) A devastating explosion after the planes hit the ground ( twitter.com/DallasTexasTV) Investigators will examine the wreckage from both aircraf){kind=link}
Onlookers at the Dallas air show in Texas, US, were left in shock after a World War 2-era bomber and a fighter plane collided and crashed in a ball of flames during Veterans’ Day on Saturday
Two retired American Airline pilots were among the six killed in a deadly collision between two vintage military aircraft at the Dallas air show, it has emerged.
The victims identified on Monday by the Commemorative Air Force, which put on the show, were named as Terry Barker, Leonard “Len” Root, Craig Hutain, Kevin “K5” Michels, Dan Ragan, and Curt Rowe.
Mr Barker and Mr Root were the two former pilots who tragically lost their lives on Saturday after a World War II-era bomber and a fighter plane collided and crashed in a ball of flames – terrifying air show fanatics who had gathered on Veterans’ Day.
The air show, which had just opened, saw people posting horrifying videos on social media showing the fighter plane flying into the bomber.