Aerobatic pilot killed in crash
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A South African pilot was killed after his aerobatic aircraft XA42 plummeted to the ground during a flight show in northwest China’s Gansu Province on Saturday morning, the event organizer said.
Paul Smith died in the crash at 10:47am at the 1st Silk Road International General Aviation Convention held at Danxia airport in the city of Zhangye, the organizer confirmed.
A video clip provided by a spectator showed that the plane lost control while making a dive and crashed into the Gobi desert about 100 meters from the airport runway.
The tragic crash caused no other casualties on the ground.
The US aerobatic flight team that Smith worked for has canceled all flights. Other aerobatic flights went ahead as scheduled on Saturday afternoon.
An investigation into the cause of the crash is under way.
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