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Following a supersonic dive and flypast from 40,000 feet (12,000 m) and during a left bank at about 450 knots (830 km/h; 520 mph) toward the air show's 120,000 spectators, the pilot pulled up into a climb. In less than a second, the aircraft disintegrated: the outer sections of the wing, both engines and the cockpit separated from the airframe.
September 6 – Farnborough Airshow DH.110 crash (Farnborough, UK) – Pilot John Derry and flight test observer Anthony Richards flying a DH.110 were killed when the outer starboard wing, immediately followed by the outer port wing, broke off when the aircraft was pulled into a climb. Wreckage crashed into the spectators, killing 29 and ...
Lists of air show accidents and incidents give lists of accidents and incidents at air shows. They include: List of air show accidents and incidents in the 20th century;
Crash in a heavily wooded area B. H. DeLay: United States 1923 Stunt pilot, airport owner, aviation-school owner the "Wasp" Venice, Los Angeles, California, United States Substandard wing pins Glen Dell: South Africa 2013 Aviator Extra EA-300: Secunda, Mpumalanga Crashed during an airshow [36] John Denver: United States 1997
The crew aboard the UH-60 Black Hawk chopper, the 12th Aviation Battalion, is responsible for top-secret evacuation missions meant to whisk top US officials from DC to secure locations in the case ...
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The instructor pilot in charge who was flying the Black Hawk had 1,000 flying hours – which is considered "very experienced," Fox News has learned. Most flights are on average two hours in length.
New footage capture by airport security cameras shows the moment an American Airlines Flight and army helicopter collide near Reagan National Airport. American Eagle flight 5342 – carrying 64 ...