Flugzeugabstürze und Notlandungen
Kollision einer P-63 mit einer Flying Fortress während der Wings Over Dallas Air Show (einer Flugveranstaltung mit Mustern aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg).
Zitat:B-17 and P-63 Kingcobra Collide at Wings Over Dallas Air Show

A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a P-63 Kingcobra aircraft have collided at the Commemorative Air Force Wings Over Dallas airshow at the Dallas Executive Airport near Dallas on Nov. 12, 2022. No reports of possible casualties have surfaced yet.

According to video posted online and a report that surfaced on The Kansas City Star and distributed by the Associate Press, “Emergency crews were responding to the scene at the Commemorative Air Force Wings Over Dallas show at the Dallas Executive Airport”.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has confirmed that a Boeing B-17 and a Bell P-63 collided and crashed at approximately 1:20 PM local time during Saturday’s airshow. According to the show’s website, the November 11, 12, & 13, 2022 show at Dallas Executive Airport is the “Nation’s Premiere World War II Airshow”. Immediately following reports of the accident, the show’s official website was down. [...] Based on three videos that have surfaced so far, it appears that the P-63 Kingcobra approached the B-17 from the left rear and impacted the four-engine bomber at approximately mid-fuselage. The impact severed the tail of the B-17 and filled the air with debris...
https://theaviationist.com/2022/11/13/b-...collision/

Wenn man sich die Videos ansieht, fragt man sich schon, wie das passieren konnte. Die P-63 kommt beinahe gerade von Backbord achtern und leicht überhöht heran, ca. im 30 Grad Winkel. Das war keine unvorhersehbare Annäherung, der Pilot muss die B-17 klar gesehen haben. Aber vielleicht hat ihn die Sonne geblendet und er hat Distanz überschätzt? Tragisch nicht nur wegen der mutmaßlich sechs Toten, sondern auch weil zwei unersetzliche Warbirds verloren gingen...

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