The single-seat plane, a P-47 Thunderbolt, crashed after completing a partial loop. A vintage second world war plane taking part in celebrations of its 75th anniversary crashed in the Hudson river between New York and New Jersey on Friday, killing the pilot, police and witnesses said. A witness to the P-47 Thunderbolt crash, Siqi Li, saw smoke spewing from the plane and thought it was doing a trick. The P47-Thunderbolts were the heaviest single-engine fighter planes used by Allied forces in the second world war. The American Airpower Museum is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the P-47 Thunderbolt this weekend.

Source: The Guardian May 28, 2016 08:05 UTC