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BREAKING: "HORRIFIC" Scene at airplane crash near grandstands at air race in Nevada.

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ou1980

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Sep 17, 2011 12:40 AM
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zusClmg4IQg




Described as a "mass casualty" situation.
Sep 16, 2011 8:40pm
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Sep 17, 2011 1:10 AM
P-51 Mustang too. not many of those left.
Sep 16, 2011 9:10pm
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Sep 17, 2011 1:36 AM
Glory Days;898958 wrote:P-51 Mustang too. not many of those left.
And now there is 1 less.
Sep 16, 2011 9:36pm
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Sep 17, 2011 1:42 AM
5 dead at the scene and 40-50 more taken to emergency care according to the L.A. Times.

EDIT: Associated Press says 25 have life-threatening injuries, another 25 were seriously hurt, and another 25 have minor injuries.
Sep 16, 2011 9:42pm
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Sep 17, 2011 2:07 AM
I'm sorry if I'm being insensitive, but if we question letting 80 year olds drive, why the hell are they allowed to fly a plane? Especially something like a P-51 Mustang.
Sep 16, 2011 10:07pm
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Sep 17, 2011 2:15 AM
12 dead now
Sep 16, 2011 10:15pm
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Sep 17, 2011 2:16 AM
Sad story. Rest in Peace.
Sep 16, 2011 10:16pm
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Sep 17, 2011 2:21 AM
this dont look good
Sep 16, 2011 10:21pm
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Sep 17, 2011 2:32 AM
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Reno air race crash update: eyewitness says '1 guy cut in half, blood everywhere' in 'mass casualty event' bit.ly/qp4LOD
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Sep 16, 2011 10:32pm
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Sep 17, 2011 2:51 AM
tk421;899004 wrote:I'm sorry if I'm being insensitive, but if we question letting 80 year olds drive, why the hell are they allowed to fly a plane? Especially something like a P-51 Mustang.
Fucking this! My thoughts exactly. 80 year old pilot?!

Thoughts to the everyone affected by this...but this should never have happened.
Sep 16, 2011 10:51pm
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Sep 17, 2011 3:44 AM
For some reason, that reminds me of a few South Park episodes. "Oh, SHIT!" from the tourettes episode, and the way the plane crashed was similar to the Al Qaeda planes from the Jersey Shore episode.
Sep 16, 2011 11:44pm
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Sep 17, 2011 4:02 AM
Horrific.

Sounds like this event has been cited in the past for crappy safety measures, though i'm not sure anything would have helped in this situation.
Sep 17, 2011 12:02am
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Sep 17, 2011 4:56 AM
Terrible, probably could have been avoided, but still an unbelievably terrible way to die.
Sep 17, 2011 12:56am
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Sep 17, 2011 5:53 AM
SportsAndLady;899046 wrote:..
Crazy..

There was a crash at this event last year and in 1994 as well.
Sep 17, 2011 1:53am
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Sep 17, 2011 11:13 AM
tk421;899004 wrote:I'm sorry if I'm being insensitive, but if we question letting 80 year olds drive, why the hell are they allowed to fly a plane? Especially something like a P-51 Mustang.
i am trying to figure out why that plane was even flying like that. it was an air race, not a stunt show.
Sep 17, 2011 7:13am
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Sep 17, 2011 7:00 PM
Glory Days;899355 wrote:i am trying to figure out why that plane was even flying like that. it was an air race, not a stunt show.
It appears the plane nose dives from some 500 feet. My guess is either mechanical failure or stroke/heart attack (given his age, I'd say the latter is a good bet).
Sep 17, 2011 3:00pm
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Sep 17, 2011 8:28 PM
They said you could tell the pilot was trying to save the plane the while time
Sep 17, 2011 4:28pm
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Sep 18, 2011 10:08 PM
tk421;899004 wrote:I'm sorry if I'm being insensitive, but if we question letting 80 year olds drive, why the hell are they allowed to fly a plane? Especially something like a P-51 Mustang.
This.
Sep 18, 2011 6:08pm
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Sep 18, 2011 10:32 PM
There are pics of the plane breaking apart (shedding panels) right before the crash. Seems as though the only age that played a factor was the planes
Sep 18, 2011 6:32pm
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Sep 18, 2011 10:35 PM
LJ;902291 wrote:There are pics of the plane breaking apart (shedding panels) right before the crash. Seems as though the only age that played a factor was the planes
No way, you have to jump to conclusions and blame the old pilot.
Sep 18, 2011 6:35pm
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Sep 19, 2011 5:27 PM
Jimmy's whole family was right there in the VIP stands where he hit. One of his grandsons attends Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University here. He raced at Daytona a few times in the 80's in a sports car he bought from Bobby Rahal. He was friends of Gator QB John Brantley's family. Just a terrible accident.

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Sep 19, 2011 1:27pm