It should have been a spectacle. But that was the tragedy. Sunday June 2, 2024 afternoon, a pilot died after his plane collided with another plane, during an air parade at Beja airport, in the south of Portugal.
The two aircraft were participating in an aerial demonstration with four other aircraft from the Iberian Yakstars patrol at the Beja Air Show. They flew Yakovlev Yak-52s, small Soviet-designed planes intended for training and aerobatics.
A video published on the social network X shows the six planes flying a few meters from the ground then one plane gaining height before crashing after hitting another aircraft.
The plane crashed outside the perimeter of the air base, specifies Le Parisien. The second managed to land on the tarmac.
The deceased pilot is of Spanish nationality. The pilot of the other plane involved in the accident, for his part, “ received emergency care ” before being “ transported to Beja hospital », Reports the Parisian again.
The accident did not cause any casualties among spectators.
An investigation will be opened
On the social network due to the accident, the event was immediately interrupted “.
Defense Minister Nuno Melo indicated that an investigation would be opened in order to “determine the exact causes” of this collision, reports Le Parisien.
