At Least One Pilot Killed after Two Planes Collide at Swiss Airshow

Society » INCIDENTS | August 23, 2015, Sunday // 15:27
Bulgaria: At Least One Pilot Killed after Two Planes Collide at Swiss Airshow Photo source: bzbasel.ch

At least one pilot has reportedly died after two small planes collided at an airshow in the village of Dittingen, in Switzerland’s Basel canton, on Sunday.

Skynews quoted police sources as saying that the two aircraft involved in the mid-air collision were flying in a formation of three. The third plane wasn't involved in the accident and landed safely. 

One pilot reportedly managed to escape by parachute.

According to Swiss media reports, the three planes belonged to the German Grasshoppers aerobatics team.

Sunday’s accident followed a fatal crash at the Shoreham Airshow in southern England on Saturday. A vintage Royal Air Force Hawker Hunter fighter jet crashed into a busy road, killing seven motorists on the ground and injuring more than a dozen. The pilot survived and was taken to hospital in critical condition.

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