this happened. this dramatic video showing both planes flying over a highway moments before impact. debris raining down on the cars below. the boeing b-17 fortress and bell p-63 king cobra were part of the commemorative air force participating in the wings over dallas event saturday afternoon. organizers estimating between 4,000 and 6,000 people in attendance for the air show celebrating the veterans day holiday. chris kratovil was at the event with his 12-year-old daughter. i ve never seen anything like this. something i never wanted to see. reporter: this is the seventh year this event has been held in dallas, without any issues until now. hank coates is the ceo of the commemorative air force. this is not about the aircraft. the pilots are very well-trained. it s difficult to me to talk about it because i know all these people. reporter: investigators started interviewing pilots today to find out more about
the ntsb is investigating what caused the bell p-63 king cobra to fly into the boeing b-17 flying fortress. michael graham is with the ntsb. do we think there was a mechanical failure or pilot error as part of this? it s too early to tell. reporter: video captured by spectators will be vital to finding out what happened says former ntsb chair and cbs aviation safety analyst robert sumwalt. what did you think? it appears that the p-63 is approaching the b-17 at a steep bank angle which prohibit that pilot from being able to see the b-17. reporter: among the six killed, terry barker and lynn root, both retired american airlines pilots. they were onboard the b-17 bomber. remarkably, no one on the ground was hurt. what does this say about the future of air shows?
ii fighter planes collided and smashed into the ground in a ball of fire. emergency crews rushed to the crash site as shocked spectators looked on. it s truly terrifying seeing something like that. it s not something you almost ever will see, and it s terrifying, just seeing huge aircraft like that just smash into the ground. it s something no one is prepared for. the crowd packed with war veterans for the commemorative airshow at dallas executive airport. it s veterans day, and there was the largest body of veterans i have seen in a very long time there. and, yes, the first. when you see something like that, the first thing that goes through your body is panic, and you could tell that throughout the entire crowd, the entire crowd wasjust in disbelief and panic. no spectators were injured, but it is still unclear how many crew members were aboard. the smaller aircraft, a bell p 63 king cobra,
mcconnell and the future of the conference. you have josh hawley doing the same thing, missouri senator. you have marco rubio from florida, as well, somebody that you would think is lining up behind mitch mcconnell. republicans are going to have their own issues in the senate right now just trying to stay together and mitch mcconnell, who has been bullet proof for decades, because he has really done such a very good job of keeping the republican conference in order, has done an amazing job getting judicial nominees through, now he s going to have a fight in his own hands. all right, at least two people were killed saturday when a couple of world war ii era planes collided in the air. the b-17 flying fortress and bell p-63 king cobra crashed in texas. authorities say casualties have not been confirmed, but they are feared th feared.
into the ground. it s something no one is prepared for. the crowd packed with war veterans for the commemorative airshow at dallas executive airport. it s veterans day, and there was the largest body of veterans i have seen in a very long time there. and, yes, the first. when you see something like that, the first thing that goes through your body is panic, and you could tell that throughout the entire crowd, the entire crowd wasjust in disbelief and panic. no spectators were injured, but it is still unclear how many crew members were aboard. the smaller aircraft, a bell p 63 king cobra, is a single pilot plane. and the larger boeing b i7 flying fortress bomber usually carries a crew of four to five people, organisers say. expressing prayers and thoughts for the crews that were involved today, for the people that saw it, for the family members. obviously, this is a challenging time for those families.