Pilot killed in Iowa air show crash, A pilot was killed when his plane crashed during an air show in eastern Iowa, authorities said Saturday.
The Soviet-era retired military jet was performing in the Quad-City Air Show in Davenport when the crash occurred, the Quad-City Times reported (http://bit.ly/PUj1zO ). Authorities said the jet was flying in formation with other jets when it failed to pull out of a 45-degree bank and crashed into a field north of Interstate 80 around 1:25 p.m. Saturday.
Assistant Davenport Police Chief Don Schaeffer did not identify the pilot, but said he was not from Davenport.
Schaeffer said at a news conference that the plane flew directly into the ground.
“He never had an opportunity to come out of it,” he said.
Nobody on the ground was hurt, but crowds watching the show saw the plane go down and erupt in flames.
The Soviet-era retired military jet was performing in the Quad-City Air Show in Davenport when the crash occurred, the Quad-City Times reported (http://bit.ly/PUj1zO ). Authorities said the jet was flying in formation with other jets when it failed to pull out of a 45-degree bank and crashed into a field north of Interstate 80 around 1:25 p.m. Saturday.
Assistant Davenport Police Chief Don Schaeffer did not identify the pilot, but said he was not from Davenport.
Schaeffer said at a news conference that the plane flew directly into the ground.
“He never had an opportunity to come out of it,” he said.
Nobody on the ground was hurt, but crowds watching the show saw the plane go down and erupt in flames.
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