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A pilot died during a gender reveal party when his plane crashed after dispersing pink smoke in the air above the gathering.

A video posted online shows a couple standing in front of a large lit up sign reading “Oh Baby,” before capturing the pilot flying low to the ground while releasing the pink smoke above the pair in San Pedro, Mexico. Just after flying over the couple, the plane’s left wing quickly snapped and the aircraft spiraled out of control and crashed in a nearby field.

  • 3ntranced@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If you look at the ground, an air cannon blasts smoke and confetti right below where the wing snaps upward.

    My guess is there was already upward force on the wing when doing the low pass, and the air cannon burst collided with the airstream.

    The timing is too perfect for it to be unrelated. Fuck your babies gender.

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      1 year ago

      Idk that air cannons at a different angle. My money is on poor aircraft maintenance coupled with pilot error of pulling up too quickly with too much speed.