New Video of Reno Air Race Crash Helps NTSB Investigate – 10 Dead Including Pilot

galloping ghost modified p-51 mustang moments before the crash in reno

Missing trim tab seen in this picture just before impact on the p-51 mustang at the 2011 Reno Air Race crash last week.

On NBC’s Today show on Monday, some of the latest video of the Reno Air Race crash was revealed and discussed. The video, seen below, shows the modified P-51 Mustang as it rolls out of a turn and then continues to an inverted position, loops overhead and then dives down into the crowd shattering into pieces.

So far 9 people plus the pilot, 74 year-old Jimmy Leeward, are confirmed dead in the wake of the plane crash at the 2011 Reno Air Races last week. There are still dozens of spectators who are in serious or critical condition at hospitals following the crash.

The NTSB is still investigating the crash of the World War II fighter aircraft which was highly modified as a race plane. Aiding the NTSB in their investigation has been a vast amount of amateur video and pictures in the moments leading up to the crash.

The aircraft itself, known as the “galloping ghost” was fitted with a camera on the nose of the plane. Investigators will use all of this information, plus a memory card in the flight data recorder, along with other witness accounts to determine the cause of the accident.

Watch Latest Video of the Airplane Crash as the 2011 Reno Air Race

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