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Two Pilots Killed in Air Show Crash |
An F-14 Tomcat crashed at a Willow Grove air show. Two men on board the plane were killed. |
WILLOW GROVE, Pa. June 19 -A Navy fighter jet crashed into a ball of flames and smoke at a Willow Grove air show Sunday afternoon. The two men on board the plane were killed. |
| KILLED IN THE
crash were 30-year-old Lieutenant William Dey of Hightstown, NJ and
31-year-old Lieutenant David Bergstrom of Annandale,
Va. Both pilots were assigned to Fighter Squadron 101 from the naval air station in Oceana, Va. The military continued to investigate the details of the crash on Monday. However, no one was willing to speculate on the cause of the deadly accident. “We were watching the planes and we saw them get really low,” a witness said. “We just saw all this smoke and the fire go above the trees.” The image of two aviators falling to their death did not fade. “I looked out the window and I saw a fireball come over the trees,” a witness said. Some witnesses called the pilot a hero for narrowly missing homes and businesses. The crash occurred at about 4:45 p.m. ET Sunday after the plane seemed to lose control with no altitude to recover. The plane then turned upside down and righted itself before disappearing behind some trees not far from town homes. “We do have a mishap board of officers that are here conducting the investigation,” Sherri Jones, air station spokesperson, said. Officials did not release any details of final communication or a possible cause. They said that both officers on board had over 2,600 flying hours between them. Both were instructors. After the crash the future of air shows at Willow Grove is questionable. |
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