Jakarta –
two airplane A small plane collided mid-flight during an air show in southern Portugal. Portuguese media reported that one of the pilots died in the accident.
“The Air Force regrets to announce that at 4:05 pm (3:05 pm GMT), at the Baja Air Show, two aircraft were involved in an accident during an air show,” the Portuguese Air Force said in a press release. . France Press agencyMonday (6/3/2024).
Portuguese media reported that the pilot of one of the two planes was killed. They identified the two planes as Yakovlev Yak-52, a Soviet-designed air training aircraft.
The Air Force said emergency services were at the scene and organizers of the show at Beja Airport canceled the event.
A video clip recorded by a passerby and posted on social media shows a formation of six planes in the air, one of which rises and appears to collide with one of the other planes and then fall to the ground.
The Portuguese newspaper quoted witnesses as saying that the six planes were part of an air show group called “Yak Stars.”
According to them, the organizers of the event presented it as the largest civilian aerobatic group in Southern Europe.
(RFS/RFS)
2024-06-02 22:18:20
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