DThe small planes collided on Sunday afternoon while taking part in an aerial parade as part of a patrol of six aircraft at Beja airport in southern Portugal, the army said. air in a press release.
“The Air Force regrets to announce that at 4:05 p.m., during the Beja Air Show, two planes were victims of an accident during an aerial demonstration,” indicates this press release, which does not specify if the accident caused casualties.
A deceased pilot
According to Portuguese media, the pilot of one of the two planes died. The two aircraft that collided are believed to be Yakovlev Yak-52s, a model of training and aerobatic aircraft.
“The emergency services are currently on site,” assures the army, which specifies that the air show was interrupted by the organizers.
In a video taken by a spectator and posted on social networks, we see a group of six planes performing an aerial demonstration. One then gains height and appears to hit one of the five other devices before crashing to the ground.
According to witnesses to the accident cited by the Portuguese press, the six aircraft were part of an acrobatic patrol called “Yak Stars”, presented by the air show organizers as “the largest civilian aerobatic team in the south of the Europe”.
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