WWII-era plane crashes in Dallas, killing six

Six people were killed in a mid-air collision and crash of two World War II-era military planes at Saturday’s Dallas Air Show, the National Transportation Safety Board said Sunday.

A pair of planes met in the air, Plunge into a ball of fire It fell apart at Dallas Executive Airport, about 10 miles from downtown Dallas.

A P-63 King Cobra fighter with only a pilot on board rammed a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber, which normally carries a crew of four to five, according to a video posted on social media. A crash during the Memorial Air Force Wings Air Show over Dallas littered the lawn area around the airport with debris from the plane.

“One of the things we are probably most likely trying to determine is that these aircraft are flying in the same airspace at the same altitude at the same time,” Michael Graham of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said at a press conference on Sunday. That’s why it was,” he said.

There were no casualties or injuries on the ground, according to the Dallas Fire Rescue.Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins Tweeted the death toll on Sundayattributed the number to the county coroner’s office, adding that the deceased has yet to be identified.

The family named the victims on Sunday.

Retired pilot Terry Barker flew a B-17 bomber, Mayor Armin Mizani of Keller, Texas, cited his family as a source. After that, he worked for American Airlines for 36 years before retiring in 2020, Mizani said. Wren Root was also on board the bomber, according to the Allied Pilots Association, the union representing American Airlines pilots.

Maj. Curtis J. Rowe, the B-17’s crew chief, was also killed, according to his brother-in-law. He was a member of the Ohio Wing Civil Air Patrol.

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