A gender reveal party in Mexico ended in tragedy after a stunt plane crashed, killing the pilot all without guests even realising at first.
In front of a sign that read, ‘Oh, Baby’, footage shared widely on social media shows the aircraft soaring above a farm in a rural part of Navolato, Sinaloa.
The mother and father-to-be had reportedly hired the small jet to fly over Laguna de San Pedro and release dyed water from its fuselage to signify their unborn child’s gender.
The couple shared a kiss and guests cheered as the plane dumped pink water across the field while pink confetti from a nearby cannon erupted.
But without anyone noticing, the aircraft abruptly began to nosedive, with video showing one it its wings bungled mid-air as it still spewed out pink water.
Luis Ángel, 32, from Navaloto, was piloting the white Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee plan, Mexican news outlet Línea Directa Portal reported.
The crash, which was reported to the authorities at around 6:30pm, saw the pilot desperately pull the plane upward to avoid a line of palm trees.
The future parents continued to embrace while family members and other party-goers could be heard congratulating them for having a girl.
According to the Aviation Safety Network, the ‘left-hand wing failed after an emergency hopper release of (pink dyed) water during a general reveal party’.
Emergency services arrived at the scene and performed first aid on Ángel who was found lying limp in the wreckage.
A photograph of the apparent wreckage showed paramedics surrounding the mangled Pawnee.
