Dallas Fire-Rescue has confirmed to WFAA that a mid-air collision involving two aircraft occurred at the Dallas Executive Airport during the Wings Over Dallas air show.
At the Commemorative Air Force Wings Over Dallas display at the Dallas Executive Airport, emergency personnel were responding to the scene. According to the FAA, a Bell P-63 Kingcobra and a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress collided and crashed on Saturday around 1:20 p.m. It was unclear how many passengers were on board each aircraft, according to officials.
According to sources, debris from the collision washed onto Highway 67 southbound, according to Jason Whitely of WFAA. The accident shut down Highway 67’s southbound and northbound lanes, according to Dallas police.
#BREAKING: A mid-air collision has happened at the Wings Over Dallas event at Dallas Executive Airport (formerly Redbird).
A B-17 is involved. Other aircraft type uncertain.
Debris is on Hwy. 67.
— Jason Whitely (@JasonWhitely) November 12, 2022
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Debris reportedly on Highway 67 in Oak Cliff from mid-air collision at the #WingsOverDallas event at Dallas Executive Airport. pic.twitter.com/M5etKQQhrJ— Jason Whitely (@JasonWhitely) November 12, 2022
Videos shared on Twitter showed what appeared to be an air collision between two aeroplanes before they both fell quickly, igniting a big fire and sending plumes of black smoke into the sky.
— Giancarlo (@GianKaizen) November 12, 2022
Neither the condition of the pilots nor any reports of injuries from falling debris were immediately known to DFR officials.
On Saturday, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson tweeted the following:
“As many of you have now seen, we have had a terrible tragedy in our city today during an airshow. Many details remain unknown or unconfirmed at this time. The @NTSB has taken command of the crash scene with @DallasPD and @DallasFireRes_q continuing to provide support.”
Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation Chairman and former Republican State Rep. Jason Villalba said he was at the air show today.
“We left at 12:00 but George and I had planned to take a ride on the B-17,” Villalba told WFAA. “We didn’t because it was sold out. Wow.“
The presence of passengers when the B-17 crashed has not been confirmed by WFAA. Online sales were available for the event’s on-board tour tickets of the B-17. Each ticket was $495 in price.
The FAA provided WFAA with the following statement:
