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Idaho Air Show Crash: In a scary moment during an air show at Idaho in the United States, two navy jets collided forcing the four crew members to eject out. The incident happened at the Mountain Home Air Force Base on Sunday.

The jets involved in the collision and crash included - US Navy EA18-G Growlers from the Electronic Attack Squadron 129 in Whidbey Island, Washington, said Cmdr. Amelia Umayam, spokesperson for Naval Air Forces, US Pacific Fleet, as reported by the Associated Press. She further added that the incident happened while carrying out an aerial demonstration. As per officials, the crew members and those on ground were safe.

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"Everyone is safe and I think that's the most important thing," said Kim Sykes, marketing director with Silver Wings of Idaho, which helped to plan the air show, as quoted by AP.

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After the incident, the remaining part of the air show was cancelled. Multiple videos were posted online following the crash. They showed four parachutes belonging to the four crew members, opening in the air as the jets went down.

The jets can be seen falling together and bursting into a fireball. "I was just filming thinking they were going to split apart and that happened and I filmed the rest," a person who was filming the jets said.

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As per organisers, the Idaho air show consists of flying demonstrations and parachute jumps. They added that it is a celebration of aviation history and a demonstration of modern military capabilities. As per the National Weather Service, the visibility was good on Sunday with winds blowing up to 47 kph when the crash happened.

It was remarkable both crews were able to eject from their planes, and aviation safety expert Jeff Guzzetti said that may have been possible because of the way the planes collided and appeared to remain stuck together in midair before falling to Earth. Crews usually don't have a chance to eject in a midair collision, he said, as per AP.

(With Agency Inputs)


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