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| Seven die in Slovak mid-air plane collision | |
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| skibboy | 20 Aug 2015, 11:35 PM Post #1 |
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20 August 2015 Seven die in Slovak mid-air plane collision © AFP | A man stands next to debris of one of two collided planes near the village of Cerveny Kamen, Slovakia, on August 20, 2015 BRATISLAVA (AFP) - Seven people died Thursday morning when two planes carrying dozens of parachutists collided in mid-air in western Slovakia, the interior ministry said. The crash involved two L-410 Turbolet sport airplanes with 38 people on board, most of them parachutists preparing for an air show, according to Zuzana Farkasova from the interior ministry's firefighters division. The seven dead included four pilots and three parachutists, according to local media. Five parachutists walked away with minor injuries after the planes crashed near the village of Cerveny Kamen near the Czech border, according to health ministry spokesman Peter Bubla. However, most of the survivors were able to parachute out of the aircraft immediately after the crash, a police source told AFP. The accident took place when one of the planes suddenly descended onto the other, according to local media, with a propeller ripped off as they collided. Source:
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