A World War II-era plane crashed on Saturday afternoon in an air show in the east of the United States, no details are available about the condition of the pilot.

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, Sept. 17, 2011 at the 167th Airlift Wing in Martinsburg, West Virginia. (Xinhua/AP Photo)
Reports reaching here quoted a West Virginia Air National Guard spokesman as saying that the T-28 aircraft crashed when performing during the Thunder Over the Blue Ridge air show on Saturday at a Martinsbury airfield. Local reports said the aircraft lost control during a six-plane stunt formation and crashed on a runway.

The crash happened a day after a plane crashed at a Nevada air show into the grandstand after the pilot lost control, killing at least nine.

 VietNamNet/Xinhuanet