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Plane crashes during air show at Las Cruces International Airport

apnews.com Plane crashes during air show at Las Cruces International Airport

Authorities say a plane has crashed during an air show at the Las Cruces International Airport. There is no immediate word if the pilot survived Sunday afternoon’s crash, but organizers say the second annual Las Cruces Air and Space Expo was cancelled after the crash.

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Article that actually has information https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/2017/10/13/well-known-las-cruces-new-mexico-pilot-mayor-airport-dies-plane-crash/763401001/

Jesus Christ, I used to know Morris when I worked as an aviation line tech at that airport. So surreal coming across this and sad to hear he went out like this.
- Hopefully blacolirio will post an analysis. I greatly appreciate his takes.

The plane crashed during and airshow but it says authorities were called to respond at 8:30PM? Wouldn't that be well into nighttime hours? Sounds like a terrible time of day to have an airshow.