Three killed in US plane crashes

By Xinhua

Washington : Two separate plane crashes in the US have left three people dead, media reports said.


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In Ohio, a midwestern state of the US, 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 pronounced dead.

The air show was cancelled for the day after the accident Saturday.

In Oregon City a seaplane crashed killing two people onboard, fire officials said.

A medical helicopter with four people on board crashed early Saturday in Mississippi, injuring one person aboard, and in Phoenix, Arizona Friday two news helicopters covering a police chase collided and killed all four people aboard.

Also Friday, two single-engine warplanes at an experimental air show collided in Wisconsin while landing, killing one of the pilots and injuring the other.

 

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