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New Delhi, Nov 13: A historic World War II heavy bomber and a fighter plane collided in midair during a Dallas air show, killing six people, including flying crew members.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced in a statement that a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra fighter collided and crashed at the Wings Over Dallas Airshow at Dallas Executive Airport around 1:20 p.m. CST (1820 GMT).
Airport officials posted on Twitter that emergency personnel were responding to the collision. The event is billed as the top World War Two airshow in the country.
Social media videos showed the two aircraft colliding, crashing, and then bursting into flames as they hit the ground.
The families of crew members involved in the catastrophe and witnesses will be offered help, including emotional therapy, according to Hank Coates, president of the Commemorative Air Force. He declined to provide a precise number but said that the B-17 normally carried four to five crew members while the P-63 only had room for the pilot.
Investigations were being conducted by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the FAA. Initial reports might be released within the next few days, but the release of the final results might take longer than a year.
