2 Dead After Stunt Plane Crashes at Ohio Air Show

A stunt plane carrying a wing walker --an aerial daredevil who traverses the length of an aircraft during flight -- slammed into a field and erupted in a massive fire ball during the Vectren Air Show near Dayton, Ohio, on Saturday, NBC News affiliate WDTN in Dayton reported. Stunt performer Jane Wicker and her pilot Charlie Schwenker were killed in the crash. A reporter with Dayton Daily News, who was watching the air show live on the Internet, told MSNBC that she saw Wicker on the plane as it made an inverted move. "The plane was doing an inverted move, it was upside down, she was sitting down what would be the bottom of the wing, facing front and the plane all of a sudden just dipped into the ground and exploded on impact," said Holly Samuels. Wicker, a budget analyst by trade, was a mother of two boys and recently engaged. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board were investigating the crash.

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