Authorities say a North Las Vegas-based Air Force Thunderbirds jet apparently practicing for an Ohio air show has been involved in an accident. Penelope Reed of the…
Published Friday, June 23,2017 | 10: 34 a.m.
Updated 23 minutes ago
DAYTON, Ohio — Authorities say a North Las Vegas-based Air Force Thunderbirds jet apparently practicing for an Ohio air show has been involved in an accident.
Penelope Reed of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office in Dayton says a report was received at 12: 31 p.m. Friday of a jet off the end of a runway and on its top. She says Wright-Patterson Air Force Base dispatched a crash team and heavy rescue crew.
No injuries were immediately reported as emergency responders were working to extricate the two occupants inside the aircraft.
Staff Sgt. Tabatha McCarthy with the Air Force Thunderbirds public relations office says there was a « mishap » while a plane was on the ground. She had no other information. The Thunderbirds, an elite flight demonstration squadron, are based at Nellis Air Force Base in North Las Vegas.
An eyewitness reported a Thunderbird F-16 coming in for landing slipped and wound up on its top, according to a report from the Dayton Daily News.
Dayton’s annual air show begins Saturday.
