{"id":48369,"date":"2025-04-25T03:51:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T03:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/48369\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T03:51:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T03:51:10","slug":"horror-as-famous-experimental-stunt-plane-flown-crashes-at-langley-air-force-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/48369\/","title":{"rendered":"Horror as famous experimental stunt plane flown crashes at Langley Air Force Base"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-3844\/jimmy-mccloskey.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JIMMY MCCLOSKEY FOR DAILYMAIL.COM<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  14:04 EDT, 24 April 2025   |  Updated:  15:33 EDT, 24 April 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">An experimental aircraft used for stunts at air shows has crashed at Langley Air Force Base in <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/virginia\/index.html\" id=\"mol-89614810-2136-11f0-8e7c-d116fd46ddbc\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The single seater MX Aircraft MXS crashed while &#8216;on approached&#8217; to the base in Hampton Thursday,<a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" class=\"class\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtkr.com\/news\/military\/aircraft-incident-reported-at-langley-air-force-base-langley-afb\"> WTKR <\/a>reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">No further details about injuries have emerged but first responders are at the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The plane crashed two days before the Air Power Over Hampton Roads air show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It remains unclear if the plane that crashed was practicing for that event.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The preliminary information we have is the plane crashed on approach to the Langley Air Force Base under unknown circumstances,&#8217; the NTSB said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;An NTSB investigator is en route to the scene and is expected to arrive tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Once on site, the investigator will begin the process of documenting the scene and examining the aircraft.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The aircraft will then be recovered to a secure facility for further evaluation.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Developing story, check back for updates&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6f410f562e28c88c\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/97659457-14645073-image-a-15_1745518580435.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\" alt=\"An experimental stunt plane crashed at Langley Air Force Base (pictured) in Virginia on Thursday\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">An experimental stunt plane crashed at Langley Air Force Base (pictured) in Virginia on Thursday<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2a590ff7a7a7b839\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/97659565-14645073-image-m-27_1745518821272.jpg\" height=\"544\" width=\"634\" alt=\"An MXS stunt aircraft similar to the plane which crashed at Langley on Thursday afternoon\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">An MXS stunt aircraft similar to the plane which crashed at Langley on Thursday afternoon<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Horror as famous experimental stunt plane flown crashes at Langley Air Force Base<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By JIMMY MCCLOSKEY FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 14:04 EDT, 24 April 2025 | Updated: 15:33 EDT, 24 April 2025&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,12,18772,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-48369","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-virginia","11":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114396573480864563","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}