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Vintage Plane Crashes In Britain, Pilot Dies

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A vintage plane crashed on Sunday during an air show in Bedfordshire in eastern England, killing a pilot, the BBC reported.

A vintage plane crashed on Sunday during an air show in Bedfordshire in eastern England, killing a pilot, the BBC reported.

The Havilland DH 53 plane, produced in 20s, crashed at the airfield while performing the flight at the show, which was attended by over 600 people, according to the BBC.

"A team of inspectors have been dispatched to the site to determine the circumstances behind the accident," the Air Accident Investigation Branch’s official told the BBC.

The organizers of the show, Shuttleworth Collection, cancelled the event. They however released neither the details of the tragedy nor the pilot’s identity.

The Havilland DH 53 aircraft is a low-wing single-seat monoplane that was first displayed in 1925 at the Hendon Aerodrome in north London. A total of 15 aircraft had been produced in Britain. Eight of them were used as communications and training aircraft for the Royal Air Force.

 

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