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Plane Crashes Before Thousands at U.S. Air Show

11:56 02/09/2012

MOSCOW, September 2 (RIA Novosti)

Tags: L-39 Albatross, plane crash, Iowa, United States

A trainer aircraft crashed in front of thousands of spectators at an Iowa air show Saturday evening, killing the pilot, CNN reported citing police sources.

The aircraft, an L-39 Albatross, was flying alongside two other planes and performing aerobatics when it crashed for unknown reasons.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating the incident.

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