Daily Mail: 'We need to land immediately': Pilot on WWII B-17 'Flying Fortress' bomber asked to land FIVE minutes after taking off before it crashed in a ball of fire, killing at least five people and injuring nine others at Bradley Airport during vintage air show
* The bomber plane crashed at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut on Wednesday morning killing at least five people, and injuring nine
* There were 13 people on the plane - 10 passengers, two pilots and one attendant
* Another person on the ground was injured when the plane tried to land
* The pilots on board the plane reported problems with the plane just five minutes after take-off and requested to land
* The B-17 was performing what are called 'heritage flights,' in which people fly in a historical airplane, according to workers at the airport
* The plane, dubbed 'Nine-O-Nine' was built in 1945, and was used for nuclear testing before being rebuilt as a 'fire bomber' to douse forest fires
* It survived a 1987 crash, and after being rebuilt again, was used in vintage air shows where it completed 1200 'tour duties'
At least five people have died after a World War II-era bomber plane crashed and burst into flames shortly after take-off at Connecticut's Bradley International Airport.
The B-17G Flying Fortress plane, dubbed 'Nine-o-Nine', went down on Wednesday morning just outside Hartford when it was trying to land on the runway.
State Police Commissioner confirmed there were fatalities. He added: 'Victims are very difficult to identify, we don't want to make a mistake.'
Sources told the Hartford Courant that at least five people were dead.
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