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Two pilots were killed performing aerobatics at an air show in Poland yesterday when their planes collided in front of thousands of spectators.
A Reuters photographer at the scene said the collision occurred after a three-plane formation fanned out and two of the aircraft slammed into each other as they attempted to re-converge. However, a conflicting report said four aircraft from the Zelazny air team were in the formation.
The stricken planes - understood to be Czech-made Zlin-50s - burst into fragments. They plummeted towards a wooded area at the edge of the airfield near Radom, 97km from Warsaw.
The mid-air carnage happened hundreds of metres from spectators. No one on the ground was injured.
Last night, it was not clear what caused the crash.
The identities of the pilots had not been made public but both were said to be from Zielona Gora in western Poland.
Pilots from 15 countries were taking part in the air show, which was cancelled after the deaths.
