'Mass casualties' as plane crashes at US air show

LOS ANGELES: Dozens of people were injured and possibly some killed Friday when a vintage aircraft crashed into the ground at an air show in the US state of Nevada, a spokesman and video images showed.

Initial reports suggested 60 people were injured, 30 of them seriously, after the crash at the Reno National Championship Air Races, in which the plane smashed almost headlong into the ground.

"We're being told that there are likely fatalities," race spokesman Mike Draper told, adding that there were "mass casualties" in the crash. (AFP)