More Air Show Crashes Captured on Video

September 19, 2011

For the second weekend in less than a month, airshow tragedies dominated news headlines. The top rising search over the past few days on YouTube in the United States was "reno air crash" and a few videos surfaced showing the scene of the accident that now have hundreds of thousands of views. That incident resulted in the deaths of ten people.

Below, a bystander video shows the moment of the crash. The video was one of the most viewed in the past week. VIEW AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION. (Some adult language.)



A video of the aftermath was also posted and drew significant attention:



Then on Saturday, a second crash occurred, this time in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Video posted of that incident shows the moments just before and after the tragedy:



Additional footage here.

In August, tragedies at airshows in Michigan and Kansas City also drew national interest.

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