Planes crash at Swiss air show, at least one dead: police

Police say two planes in a formation of three aircraft crashed shortly before 0930 GMT

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ZURICH:
Two small planes crashed at an air show in Dittingen, Switzerland, on Sunday, killing at least one person, police said.

Two planes in a formation of three aircraft crashed shortly before 0930 GMT, Basel-Landschaft police said in a statement.


Earlier on August 22, seven people had been killed at an airshow on the English seaside when a military jet failed to pull up out of a loop and crashed into a road.

Read: Seven killed in British airshow crash as jet hits road

The Hawker Hunter aircraft taking part in the Shoreham Airshow on the southeast coast hit several cars, creating a fireball and sending thick black smoke billowing into the air.
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