Two pilots were killed Sunday when their planes collided upon landing at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada, race organizers said.<\/p>\n
The planes collided about 2:15 p.m. at the end of the event’s T-6 Gold race, the Reno Air Racing Association said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The pilots haven\u2019t been publicly identified. <\/p>\n
Racing was suspended as first responders and investigators descended on the scene at Reno Stead Airport, the association said.<\/p>\n
No other deaths or injuries were reported.<\/p>\n
The National Transportation Safety Board said it would investigate.<\/p>\n
The T-6 class of racing pits “stock,” propeller-driven North American Aviation T-6 Texan aircraft, first flown as training planes in the prewar era, in contests of speed and agility.<\/p>\n
The annual races began Wednesday and were scheduled to conclude Sunday. <\/p>\n
On Sept. 18, 2022, a jet-propelled Aero L-29 Delf\u00edn racing in a final crashed behind a residential area in Reno, killing the pilot.<\/p>\n
In 2011, several spectators were killed when a 1940s-model plane slammed into a crowded tarmac at the event. Nine people, including at least seven on the ground and the pilot, were killed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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