Accidents and Incidents During Aerial Display
- August 12, 1973: During four plane formation display a Canadian Forces CF-101 Voodoo entered 'inertial roll coupling' which overstressed the aircraft leading to mid-air disintegration into several balls of flames. Both crew members ejected safely through the fireball. No injuries incurred as debris landed in Washington state south of the Abbotsford airport.
- August 6, 2008: Runway incursion of air show truck 20 feet past threshold, no impact to operations.
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