At the Reno Air Races, a PLANE has crashed and caught fire, startling livestream video reveals.
When the incident occurred, the pilot was participating in the championship flight close to an airfield in Nevada.
According to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to a crash involving air racing.
A video showing the precise second the plane hit the ground was broadcast on Twitter by a local journalist.
The announcers were shocked as the plane appeared to crash into the earth before bursting in a catastrophic explosion.
“We’ve had a catastrophe here,” one announcer said in the livestream.
It is still unknown how the crew on board is doing.
Officials from the air race are requesting that onlookers stay away from the crash site.
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Right now multiple emergency crews are rushing to the scene as a plane just crashed at the Reno Air Races sparking a huge fire ball on the ground The condition of the crew on board is unknown at this time pic.twitter.com/Vz24wWOE1G
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