(CNN) — A pilot has died after the plane he was flying as part of a gender reveal party in Mexico crashed on Sunday. Video posted online shows the plane releasing pink smoke as it flies over a couple waiting in front of a sign that reads “Oh baby,” surrounded by pink and blue balloons. Gender reveal parties — which initially used cakes to inform party guests of an unborn child’s sex — have become increasingly elaborate and sometimes dangerous. A 2020 wildfire that killed a Southern California firefighter and destroyed five homes was started by a gender reveal stunt, as was a 47,000-acre wildfire three years earlier in Arizona. An Iowa woman was killed in 2019 by shrapnel from a gender-reveal device at a family party.

Source: CNN September 05, 2023 15:49 UTC