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Six dead in mid-air collision at Texas WWII show: authorities

A pair of World-War-II-era planes collided in mid-air at a show
The incident involved a single-pilot Bell P-63 Kingcobra crashing into a larger Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. AP photo
The incident involved a single-pilot Bell P-63 Kingcobra crashing into a larger Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. AP photo

HOUSTON: Six people were killed when a pair of World-War-II-era planes collided in mid-air at a show in Dallas and crashed to the ground in a ball of fire, authorities said Sunday.

“According to our Dallas County Medical Examiner, there are a total of 6 fatalities from yesterday’s Wings over Dallas air show incident,” Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said Sunday on Twitter.

The tragedy, under investigation by federal agencies, involved a single-pilot Bell P-63 Kingcobra crashing into a larger Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.

Only a handful of B-17s remain and mainly feature at shows or museums, acoridng to Boeing.

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