F-16 Thunderbird crashes, flips over at Dayton International Airport

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DAYTON, Ohio -- A military plane that was practicing for an air show in heavy fog has crashed at an airport in Ohio, officials said Friday.

CBS affiliate WHIO-TV reports an F-16 Thunderbird crashed and overturned shortly before 1 p.m. at the end of a runway at Dayton International Airport.

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds confirmed crew members were "conducting a familiarization flight" and "there was a mishap upon landing."

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Update: Thunderbird F-16 pilot, team passenger in ‘good condition’ after crash
Friday, June 23, 2017 @ 5:50 PM
By: Breaking News Staff, Barrie Barber, Kara Driscoll

http://www.whio.com/news/thunderbird-pilot-team-passenger-good-condition-after-crash/9hYLy25uRDPep71YW9P2HJ/

The top priority of the Dayton International Airport is to ensure crowd safety this weekend and help the Thunderbirds team process the incident, Aviation Director Terrence Slaybaugh said.

"We're obviously very disappointed they won't fly [Saturday]," he said. "We'll get through it."

Slaybaugh said the mishap was a "best-case scenario," with a quick response from emergency teams and no fatalities.

The airport will work "arm in arm" with the military during its investigation into the accident.

More at: WHIO TV 7

Thankfully the pilot, Capt. Erik Gonsalves, and the passenger was Staff Sgt. Kenneth Cordova sustained only non-life threatening injuries in the mishap.