Reno air show crash causes 'mass casualties'
Three dead and scores injured, many critically, after plane crashes near grandstand at air race event in Nevada
A second world war era fighter plane plunged into the grandstands of a popular air race event in Reno on Friday afternoon, in what a spokesman for the event described as a "mass casualty situation".
Three people were confirmed dead and more than 50 injured in the crash at the Reno Air Races, after a pilot appeared to lose control and his plane veered into a box area in front of the grandstand at around 4.30pm. A medical officer said many of the critically injured were considered to have life-threatening injuries.
A witness described the crash as "absolute carnage". In an interview with KTVU-TV in San Francisco, Tanya Breining said: "It looked like more than a bomb exploded". Other witnesses described a horrific scene strewn with body parts and smoking debris.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/17/reno-air-show-crash-nevada
