World War II-era B-17 bomber plane crashes in US, 7 killed

TIL Desk/World/Washington/ Seven people were killed as a World War II-era B-17 bomber plane crashed into an airport de-icing facility while trying to land at Bradley International Airport in the US state of Connecticut, officials said.

Six people on the vintage Boeing B-17 – dubbed the Flying Fortress – survived in the Wednesday crash, said Connecticut State Police Commissioner James Rovella at a press conference.

The incident happened at 9.54 a.m. (local time) as the landing aircraft slid off the runway and hit the de-icing facility. The plane reported difficulties shortly after taking off and the pilot requested to return to the airport.

Thirteen people were on board the plane when it went down during the attempted landing and burst into flames. It crashed at the end of the runway. A person on the ground was also injured, Rovella said.