There are reports of an accident at an air show at Travis Air Force Base in California.
Early reports say that a biplane crashed during the show, and the remainder of the event was canceled:
Accident at Travis Air Force Base during air show. #ktvu pic.twitter.com/65kdWJRYf1
— John Sasaki (@SasakiNews) May 4, 2014
Show on hold at Travis AFB. Bi-Plane upside down crashes into ground. Unknown status of pilot. pic.twitter.com/wjXGC2ZyQ9
— Scott (@scottkish) May 4, 2014
Sad day at Travis AFB with a solo plane crash. pic.twitter.com/8OlavRiaIB
— Theycallme_pops (@GrumpyOldFkr) May 4, 2014
#Breaking: Plane crash during Northern CA air show @ Travis AFB. Pic via Edson Carlos. Working on details. pic.twitter.com/1CWLRMp4Ni
— Ian Schwartz (@SchwartzTV) May 4, 2014
Pic from viewer Matt Menning. Plane down at Travis Air Show. http://t.co/EZC0aYg6nt pic.twitter.com/vpIPV4UyZg
— ian (@idmcdnld) May 4, 2014
This is not what you want to see at an air show. A bi-plane crashed here at Travis Air Force Base. pic.twitter.com/u7crWNlz0x
— Urso Chappell (@UrsoChappell) May 4, 2014
Aircraft accident at Travis AFB down plane http://t.co/482nAsOChX
— Christian (@itstedddy) May 4, 2014
http://instagram.com/p/nlvU0juGHi/
@KTVU Crash at Travis AFB (credit: Larry Robertson) pic.twitter.com/2POkTt2T5s
— Captain Kahuna ?? (@Captain_Kahuna) May 4, 2014
#breaking FAA confirms Stearman biplane has crashed at #Travis AFB airshow. Show has been cancelled pic.twitter.com/mvOuPkQNyX
— Brian Dinsmore (@BrianKPIX) May 4, 2014
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A plane just crashed at Travis AFB AIR SHOW #BLESSTHEPILOT http://t.co/U0cnzujELK
— XavierJermaine (@XrayvisionzTV) May 4, 2014
http://instagram.com/p/nlv0DdEOlt/
#breaking. FAA says a Stearman biplane has crashed at #Travis pic.twitter.com/yef7XqGPnN
— Brian Dinsmore (@BrianKPIX) May 4, 2014
Second video Travis Air Show plane crash California USA http://t.co/zhSmVnks4j #TravisAFB #travisairshow v/@passantino
— Roeland Roovers (@r0eland) May 4, 2014
Unfortunately, there is also a report that the pilot was killed in the crash:
UPDATE: Pilot reportedly killed in crash at #TravisAirShow – http://t.co/iDeltS9EKx
— FOX40 News (@FOX40) May 4, 2014
Twitchy will update this post as more information becomes available.
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets
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