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Mid-Air Collision In Switzerland Fatally Injures One Pilot

Aircraft Participating In An Air Show In Dittingen

Two airplanes flying in a formation of three at an airshow in the Swiss village of Dittingen near Basel collided in mid-air Sunday, resulting in the fatal injury of one of the pilots.

The Associated Press reports that, according to a Basel-Landschaft police spokesperson, the aircraft, both C42b GrassHoppers from Germany, touched in mid-air about 11:15 a.m. local time Sunday. Spokesman Meinrad Stoecklin said that the automatic rescue system aboard one of the aircraft did not deploy, and that pilot was fatally injured when the airplane impacted a barn near the center of the village. The other pilot bailed out with a parachute and survived. His airplane went down near a home at the edge of the town.

The third airplane in the formation was not involved in the accident, according to police.

The airshow was cancelled following the accident.

(Image of C42b GrassHopper formation captured from an unrelated YouTube video)

FMI: www.foca.admin.ch

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