Washington: Two planes collided during an air exercise and crashed at the Dallas Executive Airport in Texas. Reports are that all the six people on board have died.
A large bomber B-17 and a Bell P.-63 King Cobra collided and became a fireball. A glimpse of the disaster can be seen in the footage captured by those who came to watch the airshow. It shows the B-17 flying not so high. A King Cobra, a small aircraft flying towards this aircraft from the left, crashed into the top of the B-17. With this, both the planes fell down in pieces. The footage also shows them becoming fireballs on the ground within seconds.
The planes took off during the Wings Over Dallas airshow. The US Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board said they would investigate the crash. The mayor of Dallas said that some information regarding the accident has yet to be confirmed.
The B-17 bomber is a four-engine aircraft. He played a crucial role in winning the air war once morest Germany in World War II. The P-63 King Cobra was a fighter aircraft developed by the Bell Company during the same war. But this aircraft was used only by the Soviet Union during World War II.
Earlier, a B-17 plane crashed on October 2, 2019. Seven people died in the accident at Windsor Locks airport that day.
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Kochi: Basketball Federation of India’s first national league INBL has started today in Kochi.
The first round matches of the league will be played from today till 20th at Kadavantra Regional Sports Center (Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium). Six teams will compete representing the cities of Kochi, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai. The first round will start from 2 pm with the match between Chennai Heat and Delhi Dribblers. Then the match between Mumbai Titans and Bengaluru Kings. The first day will conclude with the match of Kochi Tigers once morest Chandigarh Warriors.
Entry is free for spectators. Spectators can enter the stadium through a special gate. The second round will be held from 26th to 30th in Jaipur and the third round will be held in Pune from 7th to 11th December.
Christchurch: New Zealand in the final of the tri-nation Twenty20 tournament by crushing Bangladesh by 48 runs.
The opponents of the Kiwis are Pakistan in the final tomorrow.
Batting first once morest Bangladesh yesterday, New Zealand scored 208 runs for five wickets. Devon Conway (64), Glenn Phillips (60), Martil Guptill (34) and Finn Allen (32) shone.
In reply, Shakib Al Hasan scored 70 runs off 44 balls for Bangladesh. With the exception of Litan Das and Soumya Sarkar, who scored 23 runs each, Bangladesh were reduced to 160 runs for seven wickets.
Brisbane: Australia won the Twenty20 cricket series once morest the West Indies. Australia won the two Twenty20 series one-sidedly.
They won the second Twenty20 yesterday by 31 runs. Batting first, the Aussies scored 178 runs for seven wickets. Batting in reply, Windies scored 147 runs for eight. Opener David Warner scored 75 runs in 41 balls including three sixes and 10 fours. Tim David scored 42 runs in 20 balls including three sixes and four fours. Opener Cameron Green (one), skipper Aaron Finch (15 off 19 balls), John Maxwell (one) and Matthew Wade (16 off 14 balls) disappointed. Pacer Mitchell Starc took four wickets for 20 runs and destroyed the Windies.