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| New York Air Show crash: Pilot dies while practising for this weekend's show | |
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| A pilot has reportedly died after his small plane crashed while he was practising for the New York Air Show. | |
| The accident occurred shortly after 2pm near at the Stewart International Airport in New Windsor, a town in Orange County, New York. | |
| Orange County's Department of Emergency Services told ABC7 that there was a fatal accident on Friday afternoon, claiming one pilot's life. | |
| Officials said that flight practise is cancelled for the remainder of the evening but will resume as planned on Saturday. | |
| Eyewitness photo shows tail separating from plane just before crash at #NYAirShow pic.twitter.com/OFfAFfaP8w | |
| Benjamin Granucci, photographer and editor-in-chief of NYCAviation.com, told The Independent that he was on the scene watching the flight practise during the crash. | |
| "I was out there watching them live for the airshow practice. We had just finished riding in a B-25 before the crash. I went from the highest of highs to lowest of lows." | |
| He said that he didn't see any smoke or flames and that the crash "wasn't even loud." | |
| Mr Granucci believes the aircraft involved was a 1998 Giles G-202 and said the plane's tail appeared to blow off the aircraft leaving a trail of heavy smoke. | |
| "There are no words to describe it. You knew what was happening, you knew what was coming." | |
| The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are reportedly investigation the crash. |