2 Navy jets crash during air show in Idaho, 4 crew members eject safely, organizer says

BOISE, Idaho -- Four unit members ejected safely aft 2 Navy jets collided Sunday astatine an aerial amusement successful Idaho, a amusement organizer said.

Emergency crews responded aft the 2 planes collided during the amusement astatine the Mountain Home Air Force Base successful occidental Idaho.

All 4 of the unit members from the planes ejected safely, said Kim Sykes, selling manager with Silver Wings of Idaho, which helped to program the aerial show. Sykes said the clang occurred disconnected basal and she did not spot the clang but saw the fume afterward.

The basal said successful a societal media station that it was locked down pursuing the incidental during the Gunfighter Skies Air Show. Responders were connected the country and an probe was underway.

Multiple witnesses reported 2 planes collided and crashed, and videos posted online showed 4 parachutes opening successful the entity arsenic the craft plummet to the crushed adjacent the basal astir 50 miles (80 kilometers) southbound of Boise.

No different accusation was instantly available, said a idiosyncratic who answered the telephone astatine the 366th Fighter Wing nationalist affairs office.

Organizers said the fashionable aerial amusement that includes flying demonstrations and parachute jumps is simply a solemnisation of aviation past and a look astatine modern subject capabilities. The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds headlined the amusement some days.

The National Weather Service reported bully visibility and winds gusting up to 29 mph (47 kph) astir the clip of the crash.