Mid-air collision at US airshow involving World War-era planes killed 6

New Delhi: A mid-air collision involving a World War 11 plane and a fighter aircraft at an airshow in the US may have killed six people.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement that A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra fighter collided and crashed at the Wings Over Dallas Airshow in Dallas at 1.20 pm local time.

The show, termed as the nation's premiere World War Two airshow, was to showcase the prowess of a B-17 bomber alongside smaller plane.

One video emerged online showed two aircraft colliding before bursting into flames.

Hank Coates, president of the Commemorative Air Force, who declined to say how many people died said families of the crew and witnesses would be given support and counselling.

The official however gave away that the B-17 typically carried four to five crewmembers while the P-63 had a seat only for the pilot, according to reports.

Coates was quoted as requesting people to express prayers and thoughts for the crew members and their families alongside people who witnessed it.

"Obviously, this is a very challenging time for those families," he was quoted as saying.

An investigation into the accident would be carried out by the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shortly.

Its preliminary reports will be out in several days, but final findings will take more than a year.