Crash at a bay area air show. The pilot well known in the circuit killed while performing in front of thousands. The crash happened at Travis Air Force base in fairfield about 2 00 this afternoon. Nbc bay areas Annette Miranda live at the base right now. Annette . Reporter eddie andrini was a bit of a local celebrity in the flying industry. The International Council of air shows inducted him into its hall of fame last year. But something happened during todays lowflying air battic maneuver. Were astonished. How did this happen . Reporter amateur video captures the smokey aftermath of the fatal plane crash of a vintage biplane. An abrupt end to the thunder over solano air show. Its really tragic way to end the show. He was doing great up until that point. I know hes been doing it for years. It was a big shock. Reporter the pilot killed was 77yearold eddie andrini of half moon bay. Hes been flying since he was 16 and an air show stunt pilot for 25 years. He was in the middle of cutting t
Canopy. The crash was during the thunder over solano. Here is the very latest. The pilot is eddy andrini. Hes 77yearolds old. We turn to Debora Villalon who says many witnesses question how long it took First Responders to the crash. Reporter tonight thats something the command here is looking into it. On you tube from a Sacramento Air show two years ago, eddy andrini doing the same stunt he was doing today. His biplane upside down. Eddy andrini. Reporter this afternoon that maneuver sent the plane hitting the ground and skidding into the crowd. He came too low. In my mind he was actually like going to land the plane instead he was upside down. Everybody thought it was a stunt because they were just looking until it caught fire. And they were like oh my god. A man had a fire extinguisher and they trying to put it out. Just him and another guy. Reporter a pilot since he was a teenager and friends say a great guy. Just a very generous guy. He would take his shirt off his back for you. Lo
Thunder over solano. Here is the very latest. The pilot is eddy andrini. Hes 77yearolds old. We turn to Debora Villalon who says many witnesses question how long it took First Responders to the crash. Reporter tonight thats something the command here is looking into it. On you tube from a Sacramento Air show two years ago, eddy andrini doing the same stunt he was doing today. His biplane upside down. Eddy andrini. Reporter this afternoon that maneuver sent the plane hitting the ground and skidding into the crowd. He came too low. In my mind he was actually like going to land the plane instead he was upside down. Everybody thought it was a stunt because they were just looking until it caught fire. And they were like oh my god. A man had a fire extinguisher and they trying to put it out. Just him and another guy. Reporter a pilot since he was a teenager and friends say a great guy. Just a very generous guy. He would take his shirt off his back for you. Loved aviation. Certainly our heart
Top stories we are following this morning. New revelations from the n tsb about the Asiana Airlines crash, all as the company ceo comes to town and more survivors talk publicly about their traumatic experience. Good morning im james fletcher. And im anny hong. Thanks for joining us on this wednesday july 10th. We continue to follow the latest with the deadly crash landing at sfo that happened over the weekend. We are learning critical new details about what may have caused saturdays deadly plane crash at sfo. The ntsb interviewed all four pilots who were on the plane. 3 of those pilots were actually in the cockpit at the time of crash. Kron 4s Charles Clifford reports. According to the ntsb, the pilot controlling asiana flight 214 was making his first landing attempt in a boeing 777 at sfo. He was controlling the plane from the left hand seat in the cockpit. The training pilot, who was assisting with the landing, was in the right hand seat, there was also a relief first officer in the
Familiar with the new lay out and want to look around at all those new surroundings. Ken wayne is live, he joined the first commute across the bay bridge and is joining us live. Reporter its still possible that its a new the new commute an ugly back up. Traffic now is worse than it was during the evening commute. This is was the scene in San Francisco about 5 30 in the afternoon. As drivers were trying to get to the bridge. Traffic backed up and tempers were starting too flair up. The truck up there is trying to jump over everybody. Its crazy. I four hours from sutter street. Reporter youre not even on the bridge. No. Reporter whats going on . The sign showed traffic crawling at less than 4 Miles Per Hour. Is it because all these drivers want to see the new bridge . Curiosity factor played into it. Back to school played into it. Back to work after a long holiday played into it. Reporter the new bridge has the same number of lanes as the old one and the speed limit hasnt changed. Someth