TRAGIC: Plane Crashes During Gender Reveal

A gender reveal went terribly wrong over the weekend.

A pilot died after the plane he was flying as part of a gender reveal crashed in Mexico on Sunday.

Footage of the crash was posted online and showed a plane flying low and releasing pink dust to signify the baby was going to be a girl.

Moments after the pink dust was released, the plane crashed and the attendees of the gender reveal party can be heard in the background screaming.

Here’s the footage:

Pilot killed after his Piper PA-25 left wing failed at a gender reveal party in the town of San Pedro, Mexico. pic.twitter.com/6JILK7fsGm

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Here’s what CNN reported:

A pilot has died after the plane he was flying as part of a gender reveal party in Mexico crashed on Sunday.

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Video posted online shows the plane releasing pink smoke as it flies over a couple waiting in front of a sign that reads “Oh baby,” surrounded by pink and blue balloons.

The recording captures the moment the plane’s left wing appears to separate from the fuselage as it flies away from the group of people below.

Authorities in Navolato, Sinaloa state, told CNN en Español, CNN’s sister network, that the pilot died in the hospital following the crash.

Alan Francisco Rangel of the Sinaloa Red Cross told CNN that paramedics treated the pilot at the crash site in San Pedro, Navolato and then took him to a local hospital, where he died.

Authorities did not release the pilot’s name, and the cause of the crash is not clear.

No further injuries were reported as a result of the accident.

Gender reveal plane crash 😞 pic.twitter.com/1NO3qJVnzA

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Per Sky News:

A plane has crashed as it performed a stunt at a gender reveal party in Mexico, killing the pilot.

Video of the incident in San Pedro, Navolato, shows the left wing appear to collapse on the small aircraft a moment after it releases pink powder to indicate the expectant couple’s unborn baby is a girl.

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Seemingly unaware of the plane beginning to disintegrate just metres above them, the pair embrace in front of dozens of balloons and giant letters spelling “OH BABY”.

Meanwhile, shrieks of joy from the couple’s assembled friends and family can be heard turning into screams of distress.

Officials told CNN that the unnamed pilot died in hospital after being treated by paramedics at the scene following the crash.

First developing during the 2000s, gender reveal parties are held during pregnancy to reveal the baby’s sex to the expectant parents’ family and friends, and in some cases to the parents themselves.

Gender reveal party ends in tragedy as 32-year-old pilot Luis Angel crashes moments after deploying pink smoke. He was found lying in the rubble after the crash. He was rushed to hospital where he sadly died. pic.twitter.com/7pdzCagTpt

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