Plane crashes into crowd at Reno air races

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PostPlane crashes into crowd at Reno air races
by Garth » Sat Sep 17, 2011 1:57 am

Plane crashes into crowd at Reno air races
Scores injured when P-51 goes down into seating area in front of grandstand

A plane crashed into a seating area Friday at the annual Reno air races on Friday, injuring more than 75 people, 25 critically, officials said. There was no immediate word on deaths.

The accident happened just before 4:30 p.m. during the National Championship Air Races at the Reno-Stead Airport, KTVN-TV reported.

Witnesses told KTVN that planes in the Unlimited race were ascending when one aircraft started to nose-dive and then crashed near a spectator stand in the southeast corner. KTVN said the aircraft was a World War II-era P-51.

An official described the scene to KRNV-TV as "a mass-casualty situation."

A medical official said more than 75 people were injured, 25 critically, The Associated Press reported.

Reno Fire Chief Michael Hernandez told the Reno Gazette-Journal earlier there were at least 30 serious and 30 intermediate injuries.

Local TV stations aired videotape of the scene that showed numerous people being treated at the scene or being carried on stretchers to ambulances. What appeared to be debris from the crash was strewn through a seating area in front of the grandstands. A line of military jets could be seen in the background.

Airport and military crews were evacuating the area.

KOLO-TV reported that the plane that crashed was named Galloping Ghost and was piloted by Jimmy Leeward, described by other media as an 80-year-old real estate developer from Ocala, Fla.

The plane went down soon after take-off during the beginning of the Unlimited race, the KOLO reported.

"It was in the Unlimited Gold race on about the second lap when the third-place aircraft, No. 177, the Galloping Ghost flown by Jimmy Leeward experienced mechanical problems,” said Tim O'Brien, a Grass Valley resident on assignment at the races for The Union newspaper. “The plane vaulted violently upward, followed by a dive straight into the front of the reserve grandstands.

“There were hundreds of people in the stands. There are definitely casualties," the newspaper quoted him as saying. "The plane disintegrated and there are scores of ambulances out there right now.”

The competition at the National Championship Air Races and Air Show is done in six classes of aircraft, the races’ website says. The unlimited class “has generally been populated by stock or modified WWII fighters with the P-51 Mustangs, F-8F Bearcats and Hawker Sea Fury being flown most often. The Unlimited Class flies in speeds exceeding 500 mph,” the website says.

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The situation at Reno-Stead Airport is described as a "mass casualty event" by Mike Draper, a spokesman for the Reno National Championship Air Races. Draper could not provide specific numbers but said emergency protocol is being followed.

He said the pilot of the crashed aircraft is Jimmy Leeward, piloting the Galloping Ghost. He could provide no information about the pilot's condition.

Witnesses to today’s crash at the Reno National Championship Air Races are describing a horrific scene, with multiple fatalities and body parts strewn across the tarmac at Reno-Stead Airport.

“It’s just like a massacre. It’s like a bomb went off,” said Dr. Gerald Lent of Reno, who witnessed the crash. “There are people lying all over the runway.”

The only thing the Korean War veteran could compare the scene to was combat.

“One guy was cut in half. There’s blood everywhere,” Lent said. “There’s arms and legs. One guy just said ‘hey, there’s another foot over here.”

Lent said the P-51 fighter was racing when the aircraft pulled straight up, made a roll and “went right into the audience” in the VIP area.

Juan Echeverria, 37, of Sparks, said he was about 100 feet away when the World War II-era fighter went down.

“The guy lost control, shot straight up into the air and came down into the people,” Echeverria said. “It hit full force, full throttle.”

The plane did not explode but “just disintegrated into debris,” Echeverria said. “There’s a huge crater where it hit.”

Echeverria described a horrific scene.

“It’s shocking,” he said. “The scene is very gruesome.”

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by degoose » Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:02 am

holy crap that looks insane.

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by tomvek » Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:11 am

That looked really nasty. Poor people :(

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by Peter Crisp » Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:13 am

Looking at that film the crowd were way too close to the flight paths of aircraft racing at high speed. I wouldn't be surprised if the death toll is in the dozens which is a complete tragedy and these races must now be put on hold while they have a look at the placing of the spectators.

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by Thujopsis » Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:21 am

That's strawberry floated... The guy's uh-ohs really made me laugh though, like a bottle of wine was teetering off the edge of a table.

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by Mafro » Sat Sep 17, 2011 3:45 am

Reminds me of this incident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sknyliv_airshow_disaster

At 12:52pm, the Su-27 aircraft – flown by two experienced pilots – entered a rolling maneuver with a downward trajectory at low altitude; having rolled upright once more the aircraft was still descending rapidly and the left wing dropped shortly before the aircraft hit the ground, at which point the crew initiated ejection. The aircraft flattened out initially, skidding over the ground towards stationary aircraft, striking a glancing blow against the nose of an Il-76 transport aircraft before beginning to explode and cartwheel into the crowd of spectators. Both pilots survived with minor injuries from the ejection and landed just a few feet away from the transport aircraft.

77 onlookers were killed, including 19 children (though initial reports put the number of dead at 85). Another 100 were hospitalized for head injuries, burns, and bone fractures. Other injuries were less severe and did not require hospitalization: a total of 543 people were injured during the event.

There's a video online but it's strawberry floating horrible, people literally cut in half.

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by G-Rat » Sat Sep 17, 2011 4:22 am

Yeah just seen this on the news over here.

3 people confirmed dead, is what they were reporting.

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by 1cmanny1 » Sat Sep 17, 2011 6:20 am

Mafro wrote:Reminds me of this incident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sknyliv_airshow_disaster

At 12:52pm, the Su-27 aircraft – flown by two experienced pilots – entered a rolling maneuver with a downward trajectory at low altitude; having rolled upright once more the aircraft was still descending rapidly and the left wing dropped shortly before the aircraft hit the ground, at which point the crew initiated ejection. The aircraft flattened out initially, skidding over the ground towards stationary aircraft, striking a glancing blow against the nose of an Il-76 transport aircraft before beginning to explode and cartwheel into the crowd of spectators. Both pilots survived with minor injuries from the ejection and landed just a few feet away from the transport aircraft.

77 onlookers were killed, including 19 children (though initial reports put the number of dead at 85). Another 100 were hospitalized for head injuries, burns, and bone fractures. Other injuries were less severe and did not require hospitalization: a total of 543 people were injured during the event.

There's a video online but it's strawberry floating horrible, people literally cut in half.


I saw that video :|

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by Alvin Flummux » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:40 am

Those pilots will most likely never fly again. The guilt will follow them around forever. :(

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by Minto » Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:44 am

Maybe they thought it was a fly-thru.

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by Shadow » Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:06 am

Minto wrote:Maybe they thought it was a fly-thru.

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by Minto » Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:20 am

Courts taking away all the fun memes.

Bastards.

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by D_C » Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:23 pm

Alvin Flummux wrote:Those pilots will most likely never fly again. The guilt will follow them around forever. :(

They were jailed for it...


Regarding the Reno crash, it looks like one of the elevator flaps came off mid-flight, so there was nothing the pilot could do.

Another video from very close. The sound of it.. Damn.

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by Skarjo » Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:42 pm

D_C wrote:
Alvin Flummux wrote:Those pilots will most likely never fly again. The guilt will follow them around forever. :(

They were jailed for it...


What? Why? It was an accident, surely? Or were they trying out an unauthorised manoeuvre?

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PostRe: Plane crashes into crowd at Reno air races
by D_C » Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:48 pm

Skarjo wrote:
D_C wrote:
Alvin Flummux wrote:Those pilots will most likely never fly again. The guilt will follow them around forever. :(

They were jailed for it...


What? Why? It was an accident, surely? Or were they trying out an unauthorised manoeuvre?


I'm not too sure. I read on reddit just now that one got 8 years, and the other got 14. I would imagine they were either flying where they shouldn't have been, or were being blamed for something that was out of their hands.

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PostRe: Plane crashes into crowd at Reno air races
by Steve » Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:17 pm

Mafro wrote:Reminds me of this incident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sknyliv_airshow_disaster

At 12:52pm, the Su-27 aircraft – flown by two experienced pilots – entered a rolling maneuver with a downward trajectory at low altitude; having rolled upright once more the aircraft was still descending rapidly and the left wing dropped shortly before the aircraft hit the ground, at which point the crew initiated ejection. The aircraft flattened out initially, skidding over the ground towards stationary aircraft, striking a glancing blow against the nose of an Il-76 transport aircraft before beginning to explode and cartwheel into the crowd of spectators. Both pilots survived with minor injuries from the ejection and landed just a few feet away from the transport aircraft.

77 onlookers were killed, including 19 children (though initial reports put the number of dead at 85). Another 100 were hospitalized for head injuries, burns, and bone fractures. Other injuries were less severe and did not require hospitalization: a total of 543 people were injured during the event.

There's a video online but it's strawberry floating horrible, people literally cut in half.


Yeah I have seen that video. It's easily, easily, easily the most gruesome thing I've ever seen.

Blood, guts, limbs & dead bodies everywhere. Horrific.

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by jamcc » Sun Sep 18, 2011 11:15 am

You got a video for that, Schteve?

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by Mini E » Sun Sep 18, 2011 11:17 am

PM'd to you.


The hand just by itself with no other body parts anywhere near it really gets me :|

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by Something Fishy » Sun Sep 18, 2011 11:17 am

Steve wrote:
Blood, guts, limbs & dead bodies everywhere. Horrific.


I couldn't resist looking it up yesterday. Thankfully the video was pretty low res so i couldn't see too much. Horrible stuff.

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by bigcheez2k3 » Sun Sep 18, 2011 11:22 am

Just watched the video of that Ukrainian one and it got my usual reaction of 'Meh', it's not that bad. Certainly not 3 guys 1 screwdriver bad.

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