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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?
recorder data or cockpit voice recorders or anything like that. it would be very critical to analyze the collision and also tie that in with the air traffic control recordings to determine why the two aircraft collided. reporter: the b-17, the larger of the two planes, is a famous world war ii aircraft, most well-known for the daylight bombing raids over europe. the other plane was an extremely rare p-63 single seat fighter plane. the two vintage planes were among only a handful of air-worthy versions left flying worldwide. the allied pilots association identified two b-17 crew members as terry barker and len root. barker was a former city council member from keller, texas. keller s mayor confirmed his death writing in a facebook post, even after retiring from serving on the city council and flying for american airlines,
crisscrossing the sky this weekend here in dallas, when the unimaginable happened before the eyes of thousands of people. a tragedy in the sky, two world war ii era military planes collided midair during the wings over dallas air show, killing all six people on board the planes. the horrifying video footage shows the planes breaking apart midair, then hitting the ground and bursting into flames. one witness described the scene. it was just an awful feeling. and then, of course, you saw the big clouds of smoke, black smoke, that billowed up. reporter: the national transportation safety board has an investigative team on site trying to determine how the boeing b-17 flying fortress and the bell p-63 kingcobra crashed. the planes did not have a black box on board, leaving investigators relying on witnesses to come forward with photos and video. we don t have any flight data
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