The incident came about on the Beja Air Present

Lisbon:

Two small planes collided midair Sunday throughout an air present efficiency in southern Portugal, the air drive mentioned, with media reporting that one of many pilots was killed.

“The air drive regrets to announce that at 4:05 pm (1505 GMT), on the Beja Air Present, two planes have been the sufferer of an accident throughout an aerial demonstration” involving six plane, it mentioned in a brief assertion.

Portuguese media reported that the pilot of one of many plane had died.

They recognized the plane as two Yakovlev Yak-52, a Soviet-designed aerobatic coaching mannequin.

The air drive mentioned emergency providers have been on the scene and organisers of the present at Beja airport had suspended the occasion.

A video filmed by a spectator and posted on social media confirmed a formation of six planes in flight, with certainly one of them ascending, apparently touching one of many others after which crashing to the bottom.

Beja Air Present accident 😨😞 DEP pic.twitter.com/4WrRfoLCeO

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Portuguese newspapers quoted witnesses as saying the six plane have been a part of an aerobatic group named the “Yak Stars”.

They mentioned organisers of the occasion introduced it as the most important civil aerobatics group in southern Europe.

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