Saturday, September 17, 2011

Update On Reno Air Crash







Here is an update of the Reno Air Race crash in which 5 people were killed and the RGH is hinting that even more people have died.
From the Reno Gazette Herald: 9:15 a.m. update:
Renown Regional Medical Center reports two people who were injured in Friday's crash at the Reno air races have died, bringing the total killed in the accident to at least five.
Nineteen of the people who were admitted at either the Pringle Way location or Renown South Meadows Medical Center have been discharged, the hospital said.
Six people are in critical condition, two are in serious condition, five are in fair condition and one is in good condition.
The hospital reported it received 35 people at two campuses, including the the walk ins to the emergency room..
http://www.rgj.com/article/20110917/EVENTS05/110917006/Renown-reports-two-air-race-crash-victims-died-overnight?odyssey=moddefcontextFRONTPAGE
Here is a link for the first responders radio response: http://www.rgj.com/article/20110916/EVENTS05/110916046

In Reno, they are facing a blood shortage, according to KOLO news:
http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/Blood_Needed_in_Wake_of_Air_Race_Crash_130001353.html

From Foxreno: Several witnesses were calling the pilot a hero because he maneuvered the plane away from the crowded grandstands at the last moment.
Ben Cissell said the plane crashed about 100 feet from where he was seated.
"I think that pilot in the last seconds pulled up because he saw the bleachers and saved about 200 or 300 others," Cissell said.
"I don't mean this as a disrespect to others injured, but that pilot is a hero. He saved a lot of lives today. It could have been much worse."
Kim Fonda said she also saw the plane streaking toward where she was seated in the grandstand.
"I closed my eyes and said I am going to die now," Fonda said. "I was literally preparing to die and then he jerked the plane away and it landed like 25 feet from us. I want his family to know he was a hero."
Video of the crash, posted on YouTube, showed a plane plummeting from the sky, sending up clouds of dust and debris. Shocked spectators rose to their feet.
Fred Scholz, a witness, said he saw the plane seemingly "coming straight down."
"I thought he was coming right on top of us," he said, noting that the aircraft hit about 100 feet from him.
"Luckily there was no fire, which surprised me," said Scholz, 59, from Truckee, California, who says he goes to air races ever year. "It just happened so quickly."
Another witness, Greg Mills, added that the pilot "didn't have enough altitude to pull up," with the aircraft shuddering before slamming to the ground about 50 to 75 yards from where he was standing.
"We got showered by little stuff," said Mills, who works at the Pacific Aviation Museum based in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, describing a chaotic scene afterward. "Everybody was running."
http://www.foxreno.com/news/29213486/detail.html

Update: ooops, now, according to the RGH, no new deaths were reported over night:
11 a.m. update: Renown Regional Medical Center reported no new deaths overnight.
The two deaths reported in an earlier update this morning were total deaths. It included the people killed on Friday. Renown is not reporting any new deaths today.

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