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A serious accident occurred at an air show in the USA.
Two planes collided and crashed during a World War II memorial service in the state of Texas on Saturday.
Cell phone videos show the moment of the collision.
The machines are aircraft from the 1940s, a Boeing B-17 and a Bell P-63.
Hank Coates, President of the
Commerative
Air Force
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The maneuvers they went through were not dynamic at all.
It was what we call a bomber
parade
.
Our families fly on these planes.
My wife flew on this plane last year and I would put her on it again.
It's not about the planes.
I can tell you the planes are great planes.
You are safe.
They are very well maintained.
The pilots are very well trained.
So it's hard for me to talk about it because I know all these people.
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According to media reports, at least two people died in the accident.
The US aviation authority has not yet been able to provide any information on possible other victims, nor on the course of the accident.
Safety at US air shows, particularly older military aircraft, has been a subject of criticism for years.
In 2011, eleven people were killed in Nevada when a P-51 crashed into a crowd.
In 2019, a bomber crashed in Connecticut, killing seven people.