Nine persons were killed when a vintage plane, flown by a 74-year-old veteran racer and Hollywood stunt pilot, crashed during an air show in Reno.
Ten fatalities reported between the two
Nine people were killed and more than 50 others were injured when a vintage World War Two fighter plane crashed near the grandstand at a Nevada air race, authorities said on Saturday.
A National Transportation Safety Board team will head up the investigation of the crash of a vintage plane at an air race in Reno, Nevada Friday. The pilot and at least two people in the stands were killed' dozens were left injured, several critically. Officials also reported mass casualties.
Friends of an air racer and movie stunt pilot whose plane crashed into the edge of the grandstand at a Reno, Nevada air show Friday night said the pilot, Jimmy Leeward, 74, of Ocala, Fla., was a skilled airman and member of a tight-knit flying community.
Investigators were still trying to find out what exactly caused the World War II vintage racing plane to plunge toward spectators at the Reno air races on Friday.
A vintage World War II plane crashed into a crowd killing 2 and injuring 54 in Reno, Nev., on Friday at the National Championship Air Races and Air Show.
A vintage World War II plane crashed into a crowd and killed at least 12 people in Nevada on Friday.
A plane crash at an air show just outside of Reno, Nev., has caused mass casualties, officials are reporting. Witnesses described a horrific scene, with blood everywhere and people cut in half.
Just as a Russian company announced its big idea to build an orbiting hotel 217 miles above earth, A Russian Progress M-12M cargo ship has crashed nto the Altai Republic failing to reach orbit.
Just as a Russian company announced its big idea to build an orbiting hotel 217 miles above earth, A Russian Progress M-12M cargo ship has failed to reach orbit, according to the Interfax news agency.
A crowd of 75,000 people witnessed a horrifying moment at the Selfridge, Mich., Air Show on Sunday when a wingwalker, Todd Green, died after falling from 200 feet.
It may take a while to get there, but it seems that the prospect of a space hotel is not that far off as a Russian company announces plans to build an orbiting hotel 217 miles above Earth.
It was a horrific tragedy amid Sunday's the air show where sky divers and stunt pilots entertained thousands of audience at Selfridge Air National Guard base, when a stunt wing walker plunged 200 feet to his death.
The cause of the tragic air crash that killed Red Arrows pilot Jon Egging could be a bird hitting the aircraft says RAF officer.
A wingwalker at an air show near Detroit fell to his death on Sunday, after he tried to transfer from an aircraft to a helicopter and plunged about 200 feet to the ground, officials said.
An avalanche of airplane orders from the largest U.S. airlines may be on the way, with at least four major carriers in talks to buy fuel-efficient narrow-body planes to renew aging fleets.
World's first serial hybrid electric aircraft was unveiled at the Paris Air Show, Le Bourget 2011. The DA36 E-Star aircraft is developed and designed by EADS and Siemens, with the goal of reducing noise and emissions by 25%.
Asian-Pacific Countries dominate at this year's Paris Air Show, while older markets make less of a showing.
Airbus SAS signed a contract to supply 200 of its A320neo jets to Malaysia's low-cost carrier AirAsia in a deal valued at about $18-billion in the largest single order of aircraft in history.
JetBlue edges out United Airlines with a deal worth an estimated $3.4 billion deal.
The latest photos from the air show at Le Bourget.