2007 Radom Air Show crash

Infobox Airshow accident
name = 2007 Radom Air Show crash


caption = One of the aircraft falls to the ground seconds after the mid-air collision.
date = 1 September 2007
type = Mid-air collision
site = Radom, Poland
coords = coord|51|23|19|N|21|12|39|E|type:event_region:US-AZ|display=title
total_injuries = 0
total_fatalities = 2
plane1_type = Zlin Z-526AFS
plane1_operator = AZL Żelazny aerobatic team
plane1_tailnum =
plane1_passengers = 0
plane1_crew = 1
plane1_survivors = 0
plane2_type = Zlin Z-526F
plane2_operator = AZL Żelazny aerobatic team
plane2_tailnum =
plane2_passengers = 0
plane2_crew = 1
plane2_survivors = 0

The 2007 Radom Air Show crash occurred on 1 September 2007 at the Radom Air Show, near Radom in Poland. The event took place in front of about thirty thousand [pl icon [http://www.7dni.radom.pl/index.php?go=numer&id=102&t=1 Śmierć pilotów Na Air Show] ] spectators that had gathered to see aerobatics teams from 16 nations perform their programmes.

Three Zlin Z-526 aircraft from the AZL Żelazny aerobatics team were performing their display. One of the maneuvers involved all three aircraft flying towards each other from different directions. Two of the aircraft, one piloted by the Piotr Banachowicz, and the other by the founder of the acrobatics group, Lech Marchelewski, crashed into each other at right angles, resulting in the complete disintegration of both aircraft and killing both pilots instantly. [de icon [http://www.sueddeutsche.de/,tt5m1/panorama/artikel/71/130841/ Flugschau endet in Katastrophe] ] Both pilots were from the western Polish city of Zielona Góra. [sv icon [http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=148&a=687549 Dagens Nyheter] Två döda i flygkollision] No persons were hurt on the ground, but officials stopped the show and three days of mourning were declared.

References

ee also

* List of airshow accidents

External links

* [http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=94d_1188719279 Plane collision caught on video]