A pilot was killed after his plane spiraled out of control and crashed during an air show in South Africa.
James O’Connell was performing at the West Coast Air Show 2025 in Saldanha on Saturday (March 22) when the tragic incident occurred.
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James O’Connell was performing at the West Coast Air Show 2025 in Saldanha on Saturday (March 22) when the tragic incident occurred.
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00:00A pilot was killed after his plane spiraled out of control and crashed during an air show
00:07in South Africa.
00:09James O'Connell was performing at the West Coast Air Show 2025 in Saldanha on Saturday
00:15when the tragic incident occurred.
00:18Video from eyewitnesses shows that an Impala Mark 1 aircraft was executing a routine aerial
00:23display when it suddenly nose-dived into the ground, erupting into a massive fireball.
00:29The plane had appeared stable throughout most of the performance before the crash.
00:34A statement released by the organizers of West Coast Air Show 2025 stated emergency
00:40responders arrived swiftly at the scene and all spectators escaped unharmed.