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Deadly Crash at the Reno Air Races
September 16, 2011
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Corey Betke
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60 people injured with multiple casualties as "Galloping Ghost", a P-51 crashed into spectators. My thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families.
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September 16, 2011
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They are saying that 3 are dead and up to 50 injured, with 39 people taken to area hospitals.
My prayers go out to all of those affected.
September 16, 2011
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Just home from work and seen the video....- truly awful.
September 17, 2011
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This has just been a terrible year for incidents at aviation events. Will be interesting (and probably sad) to see how this impacts 2012 events.
September 17, 2011
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I was thinking the same thing, Dr. Pepper
September 17, 2011
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This caused us quite a bit of concern last night since one of our co-workers was attending the show and seated in those very VIP seats. Finally, after about an hour of trying, my boss was able to reach him and he is fine. Quite shaken, but fine. He said the plane impacted about 30 yards from where he was, and luckily the debris went in the other direction. He thought he was a goner because it all happened so quickly, and there was just no way of telling which way he should run. All he said he could see were "wings and a prop". He was so full of adrenalin afterwards that he could scarcely stand from all the shaking he was experiencing.
What a terrible tragedy. As bad as it was, it could have been much worse. RIP to those who are gone, and a speedy recovery to all the wounded.
September 17, 2011
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Horrible tragedy in Reno - the videos are horrifying... One of them captures the sound of the plane and it sounds just like a bomb hitting a target.
September 17, 2011
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Yeah, I heard that one, and that's what I thought of too, a missile or something like it.
September 19, 2011
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Here is some stuff from my fire sites. This covers both crashes this weekend.
Two days of air show disasters: In case you missed it we have the raw video of the air crashes in Nevada and West Virginia, along with the emergency radio traffic from the MCI at the Reno disaster. Click You need to be a member to view our links..
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