i noticed i saw the fire. the fire threatens to consume the entire plane. rescuers have little time. copy. they eventually started taking them out and then they were able to get them out and take them to the local hospitals here. unfortunately, kyle and amanda both sustained burns as a result of that. kyle sustained burns on his arms, and as of today, he s still undergoing physical therapy. but amanda s injuries are far more severe. one week after the crash, an emotional kyle franklin describes the extent of his wife s injuries. she s got burns over 70% of her body. she s got inhalation injury. she s got a broken neck, a broken back. her face is smashed. she s got multiple fractures all down her face. she s got very little skin left
as they rehearse it. amanda s jaw-dropping stunts and kyle s aerial acrobatics wow the crowd. kyle franklin s one of the finest performers i ve ever seen. his airplane is a unique biplane. it s big, it s loud. he makes it do things that airplanes shouldn t be able to do. he has a pretty sophisticated smoke system that pumps out smoke as he s doing, you know, all of his aerobatic maneuvers and it s quite entertaining. and amanda basically crawls all over the airplane while kyle is doing all sorts of aerobatic maneuvers with that big old biplane of his. but toward the end of their routine, something goes horribly wrong. there was one final loop that they made and i guess we were all just waiting for them to come back down. he s going to crash. and the plane didn t come back up. it just kind of disappeared behind a little brush line. i didn t know what was happening. we actually thought it was part of the show at first. people were anticipating for the plane to come back up.
and there s music and there s people talking and there s just all sorts of sound and activity going on. the day s featured attraction is the pirated skies act performed by the husband and wife team of kyle and amanda franklin. they re two of the finest air show performers in the country. as the franklins begin their routine, crowds are amazed by kyle s skillful piloting and amanda s daring wing walking. there aren t that many wing walkers in the air show business. it s a really thrilling thing to see. the routine is going exactly
for them to do very much grafting. due to the severity of her burns, she suffers from numerous infections and her kidneys all but shut down. 11 weeks after the crash, kyle is forced to make a difficult decision. he takes his wife, amanda, off life support. she passes away two months after her 25th birthday. in its final report, the ntsb hasn t released its final report on the cause of the crash, but kyle franklin says he believes something caused the engine to flood. once the plane is in trouble, he and amanda had precious little time to react. from the time that the engine developed a problem until the time that they were on the ground was a matter of five or six seconds. she was standing on the top wing.
gather at the south padre airport for the high-flying event. it was a fair type atmosphere, and there s music, and there are people talking, and there s just all sorts of sounds and activity going on. the day s featured attraction is the pirated skies act performed by the husband and wife team of kyle and amanda franklin. they are two of the finest air show performers in the country. as the franklins begin their routine, crowds are amazed by kyle s skillful piloting and amanda s daring wing walking. there aren t that many wing walkers in the air show business. it s a really thrilling thing to see. the routine is going exactly as they re rehearsing. amanda s jaw-dropping stunts and kyle s aerial acrobatics wow the crowd.