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BREAKING: "HORRIFIC" Scene at airplane crash near grandstands at air race in Nevada.

  • ou1980
    Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zusClmg4IQg




    Described as a "mass casualty" situation.
  • ou1980
    http://www.ktvn.com/story/15483678/plane-crash-at-air-races-at-reno-stead-airport
  • Glory Days
    P-51 Mustang too. not many of those left.
  • -Society-
    Glory Days;898958 wrote:P-51 Mustang too. not many of those left.
    And now there is 1 less.
  • GOONx19
    5 dead at the scene and 40-50 more taken to emergency care according to the L.A. Times.

    EDIT: Associated Press says 25 have life-threatening injuries, another 25 were seriously hurt, and another 25 have minor injuries.
  • tk421
    I'm sorry if I'm being insensitive, but if we question letting 80 year olds drive, why the hell are they allowed to fly a plane? Especially something like a P-51 Mustang.
  • SportsAndLady
    12 dead now
  • THE4RINGZ
    Sad story. Rest in Peace.
  • oletiger
    this dont look good
  • SportsAndLady
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  • sherm03
    tk421;899004 wrote:I'm sorry if I'm being insensitive, but if we question letting 80 year olds drive, why the hell are they allowed to fly a plane? Especially something like a P-51 Mustang.
    Fucking this! My thoughts exactly. 80 year old pilot?!

    Thoughts to the everyone affected by this...but this should never have happened.
  • oletiger
    http://www.ktvn.com/story/15483678/pilot-dies-in-crash-at-air-races?redirected=true

    maybe 74, but lets wait to hear conclusions
  • Jughead
    For some reason, that reminds me of a few South Park episodes. "Oh, SHIT!" from the tourettes episode, and the way the plane crashed was similar to the Al Qaeda planes from the Jersey Shore episode.
  • cbus4life
    Horrific.

    Sounds like this event has been cited in the past for crappy safety measures, though i'm not sure anything would have helped in this situation.
  • ernest_t_bass
    I fuck the reporter on the left. By fuck, I mean stick my penis in her vagina. I'm down for oral sex too.
  • chicago510
    Terrible, probably could have been avoided, but still an unbelievably terrible way to die.
  • hoops23
    SportsAndLady;899046 wrote:..
    Crazy..

    There was a crash at this event last year and in 1994 as well.
  • Glory Days
    tk421;899004 wrote:I'm sorry if I'm being insensitive, but if we question letting 80 year olds drive, why the hell are they allowed to fly a plane? Especially something like a P-51 Mustang.
    i am trying to figure out why that plane was even flying like that. it was an air race, not a stunt show.
  • gut
    Glory Days;899355 wrote:i am trying to figure out why that plane was even flying like that. it was an air race, not a stunt show.
    It appears the plane nose dives from some 500 feet. My guess is either mechanical failure or stroke/heart attack (given his age, I'd say the latter is a good bet).
  • sportchampps
    They said you could tell the pilot was trying to save the plane the while time
  • Scarlet_Buckeye
    tk421;899004 wrote:I'm sorry if I'm being insensitive, but if we question letting 80 year olds drive, why the hell are they allowed to fly a plane? Especially something like a P-51 Mustang.
    This.
  • LJ
    There are pics of the plane breaking apart (shedding panels) right before the crash. Seems as though the only age that played a factor was the planes
  • hoops23
    LJ;902291 wrote:There are pics of the plane breaking apart (shedding panels) right before the crash. Seems as though the only age that played a factor was the planes
    No way, you have to jump to conclusions and blame the old pilot.
  • Speedofsand
    Jimmy's whole family was right there in the VIP stands where he hit. One of his grandsons attends Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University here. He raced at Daytona a few times in the 80's in a sports car he bought from Bobby Rahal. He was friends of Gator QB John Brantley's family. Just a terrible accident.

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