everything that was around, and then i noticed that there was a bunch of these old warplanes that were taxiing over here on the runway and they were about to take off. sometimes we ll do air shows in between races or during the main race. in this case, this was like the event that kind of kicked the race off. i was getting the plane as it was coming in to land, it didn t really seem out of the ordinary to me. but the plane is in trouble. its engine stalls. and the pilot struggles to make the runway. at first, it looks to darby like the plane is going to make it. then as it was coming in, it just seemed like all of a sudden, it just dropped. it just hit the water. [ bleep ] dude. crashed and flipped forward. and it was just shocking, to say the least. immediately, boaters in the vicinity of the crash spring into action. all kinds of boats started speeding in to the plane, probably about ten of them. i think that some the boats that responded to the site were the st. pe
water is intentional. from what i heard, the passenger in the back actually pushed the stick forward to push the plane down into the water because he knew that they weren t going to make it. they would probably hit the seawall if they didn t do that. the concrete seawall separates the runway from the bay. slamming into it would likely be more disastrous than forcing the plane into the water. after the crash, the height of the seawall makes it difficult for the salvage crew to recover the sunken plane. you ve got a fairly high seawall, so in order to get to retrieve the plane, you have to first bring it in close enough to shore and then you have to get the crane over to lift the plane out of the water. there is no physical evidence left to show that the crash ever happened. but for david darby, there is one lasting side effect. i don t know if i ll be flying in any little planes anytime soon. i just got it on film, bro. you got that? yeah. oh, my goodness! so far, we
the cause is still being investigated, but the ntsb s preliminary report indicates the regional jet had to wait for another plane to depart before being able to taxi to its gate. while waiting, the jet s tail was hanging over the taxiway. additionally, the air france airbus a380 is one of the largest commercial airliners in service today, with a total wingspan of 261 feet. while passengers on the 300-ton airbus report feeling only a slight rumble airfrance thinks he may have hit somebody. the 56 people on the smaller comair bombardier feel a violent jolt. luckily, no one is injured. i think the takeaway from this show is keep your seat belt on. i m contessa brewer. that s all for this edition of caught on camera.
when they crashed into the brush, she was inside the front cockpit. they leveled out so that amanda could get back inside the cockpit. he had to get amanda back in the airplane before he actually could adjust his direction, otherwise she might have fallen off the plane. and then as he tried to make his way back into the open area, he didn t have enough altitude so he went down in the brush just across that across the runway. after the wreckage is cleared, the crash site provides clues as to what split-second decisions kyle made in an attempt to save his and amanda s lives. this is where the plane went down. and after looking at the site, it appears to me that he was trying to turn back towards the runway because there s a tree up there that has some branches missing at the top. and if he was coming from that direction, that implies that he was going back towards the runway and he just didn t have enough altitude to make it.
the plane never rises and people in the crowd realize they just witnessed a terrible accident. i was so shocked because the crowd, some thousands of people were here, and you could have heard a pin drop. we have an airplane that went down at the air show. fortunately, our crash fire 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,