accident. our crash fire rescue trucks were going before they ever got on the ground so they were there almost immediately. both amanda and kyle survived the crash, but they re not out of danger. we re inside. a couple of seconds later smoke started coming out. kyle got out almost immediately and was trying to help amanda out with a firing suit. but she still is strapped to the plane and kyle can t free her. i heard amanda. she was screaming. i heard the scream, and ran to the plane.
she s got multiple fractures on her face. she s got very little skin left for them do do very much grafting. due to her burns, she suffers 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 national transportation safety board finds the probable cause of the accident to be loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. once the plane is in trouble, he and amanda had precious little time to react. by 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. when they crashed into the
it s a unique biplane. it s big and loud. he makes it do things airplanes shouldn t be able to do. he has a sophisticated smoke system that pumps out smoke that he is doing all of his aerobatic maneuvers, and it s quite entertaining. amanda basically crawls all over the airplane while kyle is doing all sorts of aerobatic maneuvers with that big old biplane of his. near the end of his routine something goes horribly wrong. there s one final move that they make, and i guess we were all just waiting for them to come back up. he is going to crash. it disappeared behind a brush line. i didn t know what was happening, and we actually thought it was part of the show at first. people were anticipating for the plane to come back up. the plane never rises. people in the crowd realize they just witnessed a terrible
rescuers have little time. they ve taken them out. they were able to get them out and take them to a local hospital. keel and amanda both sustained burns as a result. kyle sustained burns on his arms, and as of today, he is still under going 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 has inhalation injury. she s got a broken neck. broken back. her face is smashed.
rescue trucks were rolling before the airplane ever got on the ground and so they were there almost immediately. both amanda and kyle survive the crash, but they re not out of danger. and a couple of seconds later, smoke started coming down. kyle got out almost immediately and was trying to help amanda out when a fire ensued. but she s still strapped to the plane and kyle can t free her. i heard amanda. she was screaming. i heard the scream and i ran to the plane. air show worker eddie alvarez is one of the first people to respond to the crash site. and what he sees shocks him. first thing when i got there, i noticed i saw the fire. the fire threatens to consume the entire plane. rescuers have little time.