Reno Air Show Plane Crash
Escalated the plane, led the 74-year Jimmy Leeward, out of control without prior warning, and it seemed to disintegrate on impact. Spread and bloodied bodies across the area as people tend to victims and ambulances rushed to the scene.
The authorities investigating the case, but an official with the event said there were indications that the mechanical problems were the cause.
Maureen Higgins said of the state of Alabama, who had come to the air races for 16 years, and the pilot was in his third lap when he lost control.
Began sitting about 30 yards from the accident and watched in horror as the man in front of bleeding after debris hit him in the head.
"I saw body parts and Gore like you would not think so. I'm talking an arm and a leg," said Higgins, "The people alive in the missing parts of the body, and I'm not kidding you. Do not believe Gore was Al Gore."
It was among the dead from the Leeward Ocala, Florida, a veteran pilot and the pilot movie, who was appointed a ploy P - 51 Mustang fighter plane, "the specter of running," according to Mike Houghton, president and CEO of Renault racing air. Officials said earlier in the Leeward 80.
The Regional Medical Center spokeswoman Kathy Carter fame, who died two others, but did not provide identities.
Said Stephanie Cruz, spokeswoman for the regional emergency medical services, The Associated Press that emergency teams have taken a total of 56 injury victims to three hospitals. She also noted that a number of people being transported by private car, which were not, including the accreditation of their own.
He was 13 and said Cruz of the total 56, at the time of transport, and 15 are considered in critical condition, suffering from injuries in a serious condition that may affect their lives and 28 and is not serious or life-threatening.
"This incident is very large, probably one of the largest of this community has seen in decades," said Cruz of The Associated Press. "The community is pulling together to try to deal with the scope of it, and hospitals have certainly geared up and staff to deal with it."
Mike Draper said race spokesman for P - 51 Mustang, a class of fighter planes that can fly at speeds exceeding 500 miles per hour, crashed in the box seats at the front of the runway at about 4:30 pm. Houghton said the Leeward apparently "lost control of the plane," although no details about the cause of what happened immediately known.
Hutton said at a news conference hours after the accident, which there seems to be a "problem with the plane that caused it to spin out of control." He did not elaborate.
He was to cancel the rest of the races and the NTSB investigation.
The KRNV - TV weatherman Jeff Martinez, who was out of the foundations air race at the time, the plane veered to the right and then "it's just augered directly to the ground."
"You've seen the pieces and parts going everywhere," he said. "Everyone is in disbelief."
Said Tim Linville (48 years) from Reno, and it seems that the pilot lost control of the partial plane veered off course when flying over the stands, where Linville was sitting with his two daughters.
"I told the girls to run the pilot pulled the plane straight up, but he can not do anything else with it," said Linville Associated Press. "That's right when dropped in the box seats."
Linville said after the plane landed on the rose, respectively, barrel rolled, landing upside down, hit the area where at least 20 people were sitting.
The Linville "if he is not to be pulled up, he has taken of this section the entire ovary," and injured thousands of people.
He said the plane crashed Linville in the ground and shattered like a water balloon enormous, sending shrapnel and debris into the crowd.
"It was flying everywhere," he said.
The leeward, and was the owner of Racing Team Leeward Air Ranch, a pilot known races. His website says he was flown more than 120 races and served as a ruse for several films, including "Amelia" and "Cloud Dancer".
In an interview with the Sunnis Ocala Star Banner (Florida), the past, and described how he had flown 250 types of aircraft, her passion for exclusive P - 51, which came into the war in relatively late, and was used for a long time as long escort striker throughout the Europe. Between the famous fighter pilots and hot new World War II double ace Chuck Yeager.
"They're more fun. More speed, more challenging. Speed, speed and more speed," said Leeward.
He talked about the strategy of the Leeward races on Thursday in an interview with TV LiveAirShow while standing in front of his plane.
"At the moment I think we have an account, and we quickly anyone in this area, or maybe even a little faster," he said. "But, uh, in the beginning, we did not really want to show our hand until about Saturday or Sunday, and has been playing poker since last Monday. Uh, so, be ready, and we are prepared to offer a couple more cards, so we'll see what happens on Friday and on Saturday may we go forward and play our third ace, and on Sunday we will do our fourth ace. "
Leeward Hutton described as "a good friend."
"Everybody knows him, it's a family together. I have been here for too long," said Hutton.
As described by the Leeward as a "leader and qualified very very experienced" and that he was in good health. Leeward also suggested will make every possible effort to avoid casualties on the ground if he knew he was going to crash.
"If Jamie was in power, he would have done everything he could possibly," said Hutton.
National Championship Air races draws thousands of people every year to Reno in September to watch the race the various military and civilian aircraft. It also attracted scrutiny in the past because of safety concerns, including four pilots were killed in 2007 and 2008. Was such a concern that officials in the local school was considered whether it should not be allowed to field visits of students in this event.
Competition, such as race cars in the sky, with planes flying wingtip to wingtip as low as 50 feet off the sagebrush at speeds of 500 miles per hour in some cases surpassing. Pilots follow an oval path around pylons, with distances and speed according to the class of aircraft.
FAA and air race organizers spend months preparing for the air races because they involve the development of a pilot scheme of rehabilitation and training and testing with the layout of the course. And manages the Federal Aviation Administration inspects the practice of pilots and pilots briefly through maneuvers and emergency procedures.
Issued Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev. , Issued a statement saying he was "deeply saddened" about the incident.
"My thoughts are with the families of the victims who lost their lives with those who were injured in this horrific tragedy," he said. "I am very grateful for the first responders to work quickly, and will continue to monitor this situation as it develops."
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