WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. (AP) — A vintage B-17 bomber experiencing trouble after takeoff crashed into a maintenance shed as it circled back for a landing today at a busy airport in Connecticut, bursting into flames and killing an unknown number of people, officials and witnesses said. The Collings Foundation confirmed the plane that crashed was the B-17 nicknamed the “Nine-O-Nine,” the same plane that crashed in August 1987 at an air show in Beaver County. In the 1987 incident, the bomber overshot a runway while attempting to land at the Beaver County Airport in gusty winds and plunged down a hillside as thousands of spectators were waiting for the show’s finale.
Vintage Plane that Crashed on Landing Attempt Today in Connecticut Was Also Involved in 1987 Crash at Beaver County Airport
