Airshows are fun, fast and exciting until they go wrongIn Madrid, Spain a vintage jet plane (HA-200 Saeta) that was built in the 1950s as an advanced jet trainer has plunged into a hangar exploding. A spokesman for Spain's Defense Ministry has spoken out about the incident. The experienced pilot Ladislao Tejedor Romero, aged just 35 died of his injures in the serious burns unit of Getafe hospital.
Around about 3,000 people were at the Cuatro Vientos airfield watching a display of aerial acrobatics when the plane crashed. A fireball of thick black smoke rose up into the air. According to reports a rescue worker suffered from burns and a 57 year old man believed to be the pilots father suffered an anxiety attack. A third rescue worker also was reported to have suffered smoke inhalation and received first aid at the scene. At this current moment the cause of the crash remains unknown. It seems that although air shows are quite safe these accidents will still happen.
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