Two
single-engine German planes have crashed following a formation flight at an
airshow in Switzerland. Swiss authorities confirmed at least one fatality.
Deutsche Welle, 23 Aug 2015
The two
small aircraft collided midair Sunday morning with at least one plane crashing
at the Dittingen airshow in northern Switzerland, Basel-Landschaft police said
in a statement.
According
to the "Basellandschaftlichen Zeitung" newspaper, the collision
happened at around 11:30 a.m. (0930 UTC) as a three planes were executing a
curve and one plane touched the tail of another one.
One of the
planes crashed into a barn in the nearby town of Dittingen.
Published
reports said at least one pilot parachuted to safety. The third plane of the
formation was not involved in the crash and landed safely, the reports said.
The
formation team has been identified as the German Grasshoppers which fly green
single-engine Ikarus C42 airplanes.
In England,
Saturday's death toll rises
Meanwhile,
in Britain police said Sunday that the death toll has increased to 11 people
with more than a dozen injured in Saturday's airshow disaster in England. A
British Hawker Hunter fighter jet, which had been participating in the Shoreham
Airshow near Brighton, England, hit several vehicles on a nearby road as it
crashed.
jar/se (dpa, AP, AFP)
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