Tag: 22 Fatalities Air Show Disaster
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On This Day In 1972: Canadair Sabre Crashes Into Sacramento Ice Cream Parlor, Killing 22 Including 12 Children in a Horrific Airshow Disaster
On September 24, 1972, a spectacular air show at Sacramento Executive Airport in California ended in one of the deadliest aviation disasters ever to occur at a U.S. air show. A privately operated Canadair Sabre Mk. 5, registration N275X, crashed into a busy Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlor shortly after attempting to depart the airport, killing…
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