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The National Transportation Safety Board said Sunday it has launched an official investigation into Saturday’s mid-air collision of two vintage WWII plans that left six people dead — but it’s going to take a while to get any answers.
“This is the beginning of a long process,” Michael Graham, an NTSB board member, said at a press briefing in Texas. “We will not jump to any conclusions and the information that I will provide today is preliminary.
“A preliminary report of the accident is expected in four to six weeks,” Graham said. “However, a full investigation lasts 12 to 18 months before a final report is released.”
The two vintage planes — a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a single-pilot Bell P-63 Kingcobra — collided at the Wings Over Dallas air show, leaving stunned spectators in disbelief as the wreckage burst into flames.
