A pilot was killed when their aircraft struck the bottom and burst into flames through the Reno Air Races in Nevada on Sunday.
Race chairman Fred Telling stated there had been a “deadly accident” through the third lap of the Jet Gold Race, inflicting all different pilots to be grounded.
The horrific second was captured within the races’ dwell stream on YouTube, which confirmed the aircraft hitting the bottom and exploding right into a fireball beftop.ore bouncing a number of instances and tumbling to a cease.
“Oh no. Oh no,” one commentator could be heard saying, earlier than the opposite says: “We’ve had a disaster right here.” Race controllers can then be heard asserting “pink flag, pink flag”, stopping the occasion.
The pilot’s title has not but been made public.
“As you possibly can recognize, at this second in time, there’s really little or no particular knowledge that we will present,” stated Mr Telling at a information convention. “Nonetheless, we will verify that through the Jet Gold Race on the third lap, there was a deadly accident at outer pylon 5 right this moment.
“There will likely be an in depth investigation carried out by the NTSB, the Nationwide Transportation Security Board, and the Federal Aviation Administration. All different pilots landed safely, and race operations had been shortly thereafter curtailed and suspended.
“I personally, and we as a board, specific our deepest sympathies with the pilot’s household and mates, in addition to the racers and the race followers who make up our household.”
The Reno Air Races are held each September at Reno Stead Airport in Nevada, that includes competitions between numerous courses of plane equivalent to biplanes and jet planes.
