In pictures: Reno air show disaster

The National
A P-51 Mustang airplane crashes into the edge of the grandstands at the Reno Air show on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011 in Reno Nevada. The World War II-era fighter plane flown by a veteran Hollywood stunt pilot Jimmy Leeward plunged Friday into the edge of the grandstands during the popular air race creating a horrific scene strewn with smoking debris. (AP Photo/Ward Howes) *** Local Caption *** APTOPIX Air Show Crash.JPEG-08a21.jpg
A P-51 Mustang airplane crashes into the edge of the grandstands at the Reno Air show on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011 in Reno Nevada. The World War II-era fighter plane flown by a veteran Hollywood stunt pilot Jimmy Leeward plunged Friday into the edge of the grandstands during the popular air race creating a horrific scene strewn with smoking debris. (AP Photo/Ward Howes) *** Local Caption *** APTOPIX Air Show Crash.JPEG-08a21.jpg
September 16, 2011: A P-51 Mustang airplane is shown right before crashing at the Reno Air show on Friday, in Reno Nevada. The plane plunged into the stands at the event in what an official described as a "mass casualty situation." (AP photo/Grass Valley???
September 16, 2011: A P-51 Mustang airplane is shown right before crashing at the Reno Air show on Friday, in Reno Nevada. The plane plunged into the stands at the event in what an official described as a "mass casualty situation." (AP photo/Grass Valley???
September 16, 2011 photo: A P-51 Mustang airplane approaches the ground right before crashing during an air show in Reno, Nev. The vintage World War II-era fighter plane piloted by Jimmy Leeward plunged into the grandstands during the popular annual air s???
September 16, 2011 photo: A P-51 Mustang airplane approaches the ground right before crashing during an air show in Reno, Nev. The vintage World War II-era fighter plane piloted by Jimmy Leeward plunged into the grandstands during the popular annual air s???
September 15, 2010: Long time Reno Air Race pilot Jimmy Leeward with his P51 Mustang. A spokesman for Reno's National Championship Air Races says the P-51 Mustang that crashed into a box seat area at the front of the grandstand Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, at???
September 15, 2010: Long time Reno Air Race pilot Jimmy Leeward with his P51 Mustang. A spokesman for Reno's National Championship Air Races says the P-51 Mustang that crashed into a box seat area at the front of the grandstand Friday, Sept. 16, 2011, at???
September 16, 2011: Medics wheel a man into Renown Medical Center after a plane crashed into the crowd at the Reno National Championship Air Races, injuring at least 75 spectators and leaving a horrific scene of bodies and wreckage. (AP Photo/The Reno Gaz???
September 16, 2011: Medics wheel a man into Renown Medical Center after a plane crashed into the crowd at the Reno National Championship Air Races, injuring at least 75 spectators and leaving a horrific scene of bodies and wreckage. (AP Photo/The Reno Gaz???
September 16, 2011: A crowd gathers around debris after a P-51 Mustang airplane crashed at the Reno Air show. (AP Photo/Grass Valley Union, Tim O'Brien)
September 16, 2011: A crowd gathers around debris after a P-51 Mustang airplane crashed at the Reno Air show. (AP Photo/Grass Valley Union, Tim O'Brien)
October 27, 2010: Jimmy Leeward holds a scale model of his P-51 Mustang at his home in Ocala, FL. Leeward died when he crashed the plane during the Reno Air Races in Reno Nevada on Friday. (AP Photo/Doug Engle - Star-Banner)
October 27, 2010: Jimmy Leeward holds a scale model of his P-51 Mustang at his home in Ocala, FL. Leeward died when he crashed the plane during the Reno Air Races in Reno Nevada on Friday. (AP Photo/Doug Engle - Star-Banner)
September 17, 2001: A single engine T-28 from the six-plane Trojan Horsemen Demonstration Flight Team crashes and explodes during a performance at the Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Open House and Air Show. AP Photo/Journal Newspaper, Ron Agnir


September 17, 2001: A single engine T-28 from the six-plane Trojan Horsemen Demonstration Flight Team crashes and explodes during a performance at the Thunder Over the Blue Ridge Open House and Air Show. AP Photo/Journal Newspaper, Ron Agnir


September 17, 2011" A vintage military T-28 aircraft crashes at an air show in Martinsburg, West Virginia, as shown in this eye-witness photograph by Morgan McEachern. According to Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson Jim Peters, the T-28 was part???
September 17, 2011" A vintage military T-28 aircraft crashes at an air show in Martinsburg, West Virginia, as shown in this eye-witness photograph by Morgan McEachern. According to Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson Jim Peters, the T-28 was part???