Amateur video: Deadly plane crash at Reno, Nevada air show

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The Nevada air show tragedy has now claimed 9 lives, as investigators look into how a vintage aircraft lost control and plunged into spectators. Dozens more were injured when the World War Two-era plane slammed into a box-seat area in front of the main grandstand.

The injured have been rushed to hospital. Out of 56 people hurt, 15 are said to be in a critical condition. Mike Houghton, president and CEO of the Reno Air Races, told a news conference that pilot Jimmy Leeward had died in the crash, Associated Press reports. The 74-year-old veteran Hollywood stunt pilot was the owner of the Leeward Air Ranch Racing Team and a well-known racing pilot.

Leeward's "Galloping Ghost" plane was a P-51 Mustang fighter -- a class of plane that can fly at speeds in excess of 500 mph (800kph). Houghton said there appeared to be a "problem with the aircraft that caused it to go out of control".

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[ACfireandiceDC]

To be honest, a car seems much safer than an airplane. Even though an airplane doesn’t crash that often, in the rare case that it DOES happen to crash, you’re a lot less likely to survive than if you were in a car.

[austinborden2]

@lostindiancamp YEAH it's not like a person lost their life. Show some respect for the pilot who died and not morbid "I didn;t see it daddy" attitude. No class dude!

[Kevin47949]

kamikaze



[button4boy]

Exactly what happens to me in Battlefield 3! :\ Sorry for the guy who lost his life though!

[The321snap]

1.Before going to the races you have to sign a waiver, so you know it is dangerous so you wouldn't go if you did not love it. 2. Just because the plane crashed and hurt people does not mean things should change 1 out of how many laps of how many races??? pretty good safety record. In Car racing you have had crashes, i did not try to shut you down. if you are at the races you should know the dangers.

[crackdealer08]

@ACfireandiceDC How many 60 or 65 mph car accidents have you been in?

[youpooper96]

Looks like a job for the Reno Sherrifs Department

[carterandlogan119]

Holly shit

[wigalert]

Banzai!!

[Realizt07]

dammit a noob stood up and kinda spoiled the impact shot you would get

[leisulin]

@mylifelike13

Ever go to the annual gravity-car race on the 4th of July down in Bisbee? I was directly across the narrow street, just past the finish line, in...1980? 1981? ...when that one driver lost control and went up over the curb and slammed into the spectators, killing a young mother and her little boy. Her husband and daughter were there next to them but survived. Pretty horrible. They abolished that race, but about 10 years later, to my surprise, they reinstated it.