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thanks for joining us here in the "cnn newsroom." im don lemon. we begin this hour with new information about a deadly crash at a nevada air show. crowds have been going to reno, nevada for decades to watch incredible acts of courage in the skies. the national championship air races draw up to 200,000 people every single year. planes have crashed and pilots have died in the past. but until now, no spectators have been killed. heres what happened. one witness called the sound of the imp...

>> good evening, everyone. thanks for joining us here in the newsroom. im don lemon. we begin with new information about a deadly crash at a nevada air show. crowds have been going to reno, nevada for decades to watch incredible acts of courage in the skies. the national championship air races draw up to 200,000 people every single year. planes have crashed and pilots have died in the past. but until now, nos spectators have been killed. heres what happened. >> one witness called the s...

the newsroom. im don lemon. we begin with new information about a deadly crash at a nevada air show. crowds have been going to reno, nevada for decades to watch incredible acts of courage in the skies. the national championship air races draw up to 200,000 people every single year. planes have crashed and pilots have died in the past. but until now, nos spectators have been killed. heres what happened. >> one witness called the sound of the impact unbelievable and you can certainly see...

stuntman named jimmy leeward was maneuvering his aircraft through the twists and turns of a national championship air race in reno. something -- and we dont yet know what -- but something went terribly wrong. as you saw, the plane left the course, headed for the grandstand and then crashed straight into the ground. leeward and eight spectators are dead. more than 50 others injured. there is early speculation based on witness photographs. look at the tail section of the plane. the photo...

that plane. cnns dann simon it in reno, nevada for us. dan, the ntsb asked about those photos at a news conference today. the death toll is now up to nine from three. what did investigators have o to say? >> reporter: no question, don, investigators will be looking at the tail of that aircraft. we have seen those pictures and its pretty certain that at least at one point during the flight whats called the elevator lift tab dislodged from the plane. aviation experts have told me it woul...