Mexican pilot dies in plane crash during gender reveal party gone wrong

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A gender reveal stunt in Mexico went tragically wrong this weekend, resulting in the death of an airplane pilot.

In a video that has now gone viral across multiple social media platforms, an expecting couple can be seen standing in front a large, lit up sign reading "Oh baby," decked out in balloons. The couple hold hands as onlookers prepare for the announcement of their baby's gender, courtesy of an oncoming crop-duster plane.

As the plane flies overhead, it releases a mist of pink, signaling that the unborn child is a girl. Around the same time it flies over the sign, a cannon full of pink confetti also shoots up from the ground as the group gathered for the event shouts, cheers and jumps in excitement.

As the camera follows the plane's path over the crowd, however, it captures the moment things go awry. After passing the embracing couple, the aircraft's wing appears to collapse in on itself, sending the plane spinning. It can be seen spiraling towards the ground as it disappears behind trees and the camera pans back over the happy crowd to the celebrating couple.

Local authorities in Navolato, Sinaloa state, told CNN that paramedics treated the pilot at the scene of the crash before transporting him to the local hospital where he died.

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