Thursday, September 22, 2011

Fighter plane crash in Reno Air Race

A P-51 Mustang airplane crashes into the edge of the grandstands at the Reno Air show on September 16, 2011 in Reno Nevada. The World War II-era fighter plane flown by a veteran Hollywood stunt pilot Jimmy Leeward plunged into the edge of the grandstands during the popular air race creating a horrific scene strewn with smoking debris. (AP/Ward Howes)
File photo: Veteran Hollywood stunt pilot Jimmy Leeward holds a scale model of his P-51 Mustang at his home on October 27, 2010 in Ocala, Florida. Leeward died when he crashed the plane during the Reno Air Races in Reno Nevada on September 16, 2011. (AP)
First responders and people help victims in this image taken from a video after a vintage World War Two fighter plane crashed near the grandstand at the Reno Air Races in Reno, Nevada on September 16, 2011. (Reuters)
File Photo: September 15, 2010 photo, shows long time Reno Air Race pilot Jimmy Leeward with his P51 Mustang. A spokesman for Reno's National Championship Air Races says the P-51 Mustang that crashed into a box seat area at the front of the grandstand at the air race was piloted by Leeward. An official reported Friday that Leeward was killed in the crash. (AP)
Medics help injured bystanders out of a helicopter into Renown Medical Center after a plane crashed into the crowd at the Reno National Championship Air Races in Nevada. (AP)
First responders and people help victims in this image taken from a video after a vintage fighter plane crashed near the grandstand at the Reno Air Races in Reno, Nevada on September 16, 2011. (Reuters)
First responders and people help victims in this image taken from a video after a vintage World War Two fighter plane crashed near the grandstand at the Reno Air Races in Reno, Nevada on September 16, 2011. (Reuters)
A P-51 Mustang airplane is shown right before crashing at the Reno Air show in Reno Nevada on September 16, 2011. (AP/Tim O'Brien)
A crowd gathers around debris after a P-51 Mustang airplane crased at the Reno Air show in Reno Nevada on September 16, 2011. (AP/Tim O'Brien)
A P-51 Mustang airplane is shown right before crashing at the Reno Air show on September 16, 2011. (AP/Ward Howes)
Spectators duck as debris from a P-51 Mustang airplane crashing into the edge of the grandstands passes over their heads at the Reno Air show. (AP/Ward Howes)
A P-51 Mustang airplane crashes into the edge of the grandstands at the Reno Air show in Reno Nevada on September 16, 2011. (AP/Ward Howes)

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