Only a handful of the roaring, four-engine Boeing B-17s are still airworthy. "The Collings Foundation flight team is fully cooperating with officials to determine the cause of the crash of the B-17 Flying Fortress and will comment further when details become known." The B-17 that crashed at Bradley Airport October 2. "Our thoughts and prayers are with those who were on that flight and we will be forever grateful to the heroic efforts of the first responders at Bradley," the foundation said in a statement. Its "Wings Of Freedom" Tour, offering flights on vintage bomber planes to the public, came to Bradley Airport on Monday and was scheduled to last through Thursday. The Collings Foundation focuses on automobile and aviation history. travelers are being told to check with their airline about their flight status. The airport reopened one of its runways at about 2 p.m. He saw emergency crews scrambling within seconds. "The ball of fire was very big." A B-17 plane crashed at Bradley Airport (Photo credit: smaller explosion followed about a minute after the first blast, he said. "In front of me, I see this big ball of orange fire, and I knew something happened," he said. He said he did not see the plane but could feel the heat from the fire, which was about 250 yards away. "The one engine is running out of time with the other engines."Īntonio Arreguin said he had parked at a construction site near the airport for breakfast when he heard an explosion. "I see it coming in, flying low right over the horizon, right at me and I'm like, 'oh my goodness.' And then I start hearing the pop, pop, pop, pop," Schweitzer told WBZ-TV.
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