Pilot ejects, ok after plane crash at Atlanta Airshow

By Edgar Treiguts

October 14, 2019 at 5:32 am EDT

Atlanta Airshow crash Smoke can be seen in the distance from Atlanta Motor Speedway after a crash of a performance aircraft at the Atlanta Airshow Sunday, October 13, 2019. (Airshow attendee via Doug Turnbull)

By Edgar Treiguts

October 14, 2019 at 5:32 am EDT

ATLANTA — A pilot is ok after his plane went down at the Atlanta Airshow Sunday afternoon.

In a tweet from the CF Snowbirds, the group says Capt. Kevin Domon-Grenier was “forced to eject from his aircraft shortly before our performance in Atlanta.” Domon-Grenier made it to the ground safely the group says, and the aircraft “fell in an unpopulated area and no one was injured.” The pilot was flying a CT-114 Tutor.

Snowbird 5, Capt Kevin Domon-Grenier was forced to eject from his aircraft shiortly before our performance in Atlanta this afternoon. Capt Domon-Grenier made it safely to the ground and is okay. The aircraft fell in an unpopulated area and no one was injured. pic.twitter.com/Sz1e8EVyE5
— CF Snowbirds (@CFSnowbirds) October 13, 2019

The air show was Saturday and scheduled to run through Sunday at Tara Field near Atlanta Motor Speedway. But event organizers canceled the rest of the show following the crash.

A cause for the crash has not yet been determined.

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