Pilot Tragically Passes Away After Gender Reveal Party Stunt Plane Crashes In Front Of Guests

In Mexico, a party to reveal the gender of a baby ended tragically when a plane involved in the celebration crashed in front of the people, and they didn't know it was going to happen.

In a video on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday, a couple stood together in front of a big sign that said "Oh Baby," with their friends and family around them.

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The plane, called Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee, filled the sky with pink smoke, and it looked like confetti was shot from the ground.

After that, something went wrong with the plane. The left wing of the plane seemed to break, and the pilot, named Luis Ángel N. and 32 years old, tried to make the plane go up, but it started spinning out of control.

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At the same time, the people at the party on the ground didn't know what was happening in the sky, and they were not aware of the danger.

As per a report from a local news source, authorities discovered the pilot inside the plane's wreckage after a worried guest at the party called for assistance on Saturday.

Paramedics quickly transported him to the hospital, but unfortunately, he did not survive and passed away.

The heartbreaking video has become widely popular on the internet and has sparked a renewed discussion about the controversy surrounding gender reveal events.

“These gender reveal parties are getting out of hand when people die annually because of them,” slammed one X user.

“The way the camera panned back to the couple with not the slightest care in the world for the pilot is sad,” wrote one disgusted user.

“For a moment I actually thought all the screaming was because they saw the plane,” stated a third. “But no, it looks and sounds like only the cameraman noticed at least initially.”

Some X users also engaged in speculation regarding the factors that led to the plane meeting such a shocking and tragic end.

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“Look carefully at the timing of the sudden upward movement, it exactly coincides with the CO2 cannon firing on the ground,” argued one eagle-eyed user. “It seems to me that the aircraft was literally blasted out of the sky.”

“Looks like structural fatigue caused that climb to barely pull enough g’s to cause such a thing,” pointed out a second person, while a third said the pilot “overstressed the wings.”

This isn't the first time that a gender reveal has ended in a terrible way.

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In 2020, a gender reveal celebration triggered a deadly wildfire in California, which spread across 10,000 acres of land.

Another couple faced criticism when their "oh baby" sign released pink smoke and confetti into the air, nearly causing nearby trees to catch fire because of several sparklers.

In 2019, an Australian family accidentally set their car on fire while using special tires designed to produce blue smoke as a way to announce their baby's gender.

These unfortunate incidents related to gender reveal announcements led to an apology from Jenna Karvunidis, a well-known mommy blogger often credited with popularizing such celebrations.

“Who cares what gender the baby is?” Karvunidis wrote in a viral July 2019 Facebook post. 

“Assigning focus on gender at birth leaves out so much of their potential and talents that have nothing to do with what’s between their legs.”