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September 11 (4). Halifax Air Show: A-10 exhibition has been retired

Halifax, Canada - An airplane of the same type was involved in an accident in Afghanistan last week

A memorial of the September 11 attack’s fifth anniversary will take place today in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on the field of an Air Show. One of the main star turns of the show was to be an anti-armour A-10 aircraft, but organizers have preferred to retire it from the calendar, as a plane of the same kind was involved in a friendly fire accident in Afghanistan last Monday. The decision was taken i...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 148612
Rome, Italy, 09/11/2006 16:31
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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