MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. – Ten people received minor injuries Sunday during the slow-moving wet microburst that brought heavy winds, lightning and rain to McConnell Air Force Base.
Six of the individuals were military medical personnel and four were civilian vendors, who each received minor injuries. One civilian male was transported to a local hospital. Another Airman was also transported to the hospital, but has since been discharged. All were outside on the flightline when the damaging winds occurred. Due to the timing of the inclement weather, spectators had not entered the event area.
Sunday's portion of the McConnell Frontiers in Flight Airshow had to be cancelled after a slow-moving wet microburst lingered over the base early Sunday morning. That microburst brought wind gusts of up to 54 mph to the McConnell flightline.
Because of damage to services, the base was unable to execute a safe airshow, and had to make the decision to cancel the airshow. Safety is always our first priority at McConnell, especially when it comes to hosting the community for an airshow.
Saturday’s session of McConnell’s Frontiers in Flight Airshow attracted more than 65,000 visitors.