Nevada Air Show Crash 9/16/2011

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"A medical official says more than 75 people were injured in a plane crash at an air race event in Reno, 25 critically.

There's no word on the number of deaths, but a spokesman for the race called it a "mass casualty situation."

-Reuters
Shepppardsays...

I would REALLY like some backstory on this.

What was going on? Was it a race, or an air show? what the hell was the pilot doing in the first place, the angle of that descent means he either did the most boneheaded loop ever, or something went catastrophically wrong.

I'm not even happy having watched this. It's not exactly snuff, because we don't explicitly see anybody die (I mean, obviously the pilot, but we only see an after explosion) but even still, I'm uncomfortable watching it. However, just because I'm uncomfortable watching it, doesn't automatically make it snuff.

ehh.. one way or the other, I see controversy brewing with this video.

deathcowsays...

I think something becomes snuff when you see the people and then they are dead. Knowing an event produced death (the stage collapse etc) isn't enough to disqualify imho.

They are still trying to figure out what happened in this case. Photos show a trim tab falling off the plane moments earlier, while still in the air. The plane was heavily, heavily modified from a stock P51 mustang. The wings were dramatically shortened.

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