A gender reveal in Sinaloa, Mexico, turned deadly on Saturday as those gathered at the event watched in horror.
The pilot flying the Piper Pawnee aircraft was killed when the plane broke apart in the sky over guests at the celebration, according to AVweb.
Video caught the moment the plane dropped a pink substance to show the baby was a girl. However, moments later everything took a dark turn.
The couple is seen standing in front of a large lighted sign that reads “OH BABY” as the plane flies overhead. The second it passes them, one of its wings appears to break sending the plane spinning through the air:
LIGHT PLANE CRASH | A pilot in Mexico has been killed in a freak plane crash. Soon to be parents wanted to do something unique so they booked a charter flight to drop either pink or blue dust for the gender reveal.The pilot onboard the Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee aircraft departed San Pedro for the short flight.The couple, who were celebrating in Sinaloa, Mexico, were smiling and embracing in front of a sign that read: "Oh Baby."The plane then flies over the the guests and sign, scattering pink dust indicating the baby will be a girl. Moments later the light aircraft nosedived and went into a tailspin and crashed. Horrified guests can be heard screaming as the plane crashed into the ground.The pilot has been identified as 32-year old Luis Angel N and was an experienced pilot. Guests ran over to the crash site and pulled the pilot from the wreckage. He was then rushed to hospital, where he died.The Federal Civil Aviation Agency is investigating.📸 NR Noticias#aircraft #aviation #Mexico
Posted by On Scene News Australia on Sunday, September 3, 2023
The crowd is screaming and the hugging couple seems not to have noticed what happened just over their heads as the plane moves out of sight.
The aircraft eventually crashed nearby.
“News outlets reported that the 32-year-old pilot, Luis Angel N., was found in the wreckage but later died at a hospital,” the AVweb article said:
This is second fatal gender reveal crash in as many years in Mexico. In April 2021, two pilots were killed when the Cessna 206 they were flying in a gender reveal stunt crashed into the water in Cancun. Two occupants of an Air Tractor were luckier when the aircraft got slow, stalled and crashed during a gender reveal stunt in Turkey, Texas. The pilot wasn’t injured and a passenger suffered only minor injuries.
In February 2021, a man died after an explosion at a baby shower in Michigan involving a small cannon that was fired in the homeowner’s backyard, Breitbart News reported.
“Authorities believe the gunpowder loaded in the device made it fracture and spread shrapnel all over the area,” the outlet stated.
In 2020, officials blamed a gender reveal party for sparking one of multiple wildfires that erupted in California, according to Breitbart News.
“The California Fire Department (Cal Fire) said in a statement the blaze was caused by ‘a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device used during a baby’s gender reveal party,'” the article explained.
