Several Recent Plane Crashes in US
Jul. 29, 2007
On July 28, three people were killed in two separate plane crashes in the United States, media reports said.
In Dayton, Ohio, a plane crashed on a runway of the Dayton International Airport while performing stunts during the Vectren Dayton Air Show. The pilot, Jim LeRoy, was taken to Miami Valley Hospital and was pronounce dead.
The air show was canceled for the rest of July 28.
In Oregon City, Oregon, a seaplane crashed, killing two people inside, fire officials said.
In other developments, a medical helicopter with four people on board crashed in Mississippi on July 28, injuring one person aboard, and in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 27, two news helicopters covering a police chase collided and killed all four people aboard.
Also on July 27, two single-engine war planes at an experimental air show collided in Wisconsin while landing, killing one of the pilots and injuring the other.