The US Federal Aviation Authority said on Saturday that two old military aircraft collided during a World War II air show in Dallas, Texas, in the southern state of the country.
In a statement, the authority said that a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra fighter aircraft collided and crashed during a carnival parade of the Air Force's memorial wings.
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The authority did not give more details about the number of people who were on the two planes, their health status, or the occurrence of any other injuries.
Emergency crews rushed to the scene, and videos posted on Twitter showed the moment the two planes collided in the air and crashed quickly, causing a big fire and the appearance of clouds of black smoke.
The Associated Press reported that the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board have launched investigations into the accident.
Among the last bloody aviation accidents in America, 7 people were killed when a B-17 bomber aircraft crashed on October 2, 2019 at an airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, northeastern United States.