One death reported as German aeroplanes collide at Swiss air show

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Basel, Dhu-AlQa'dah 8, 1436, Aug 23, 2015, SPA -- One pilot was reported dead after two aeroplanes from a German stunt flying group crashed at a Swiss air show, according to local police. According to dpa, one of the pilots from the Grasshoppers team survived by ejecting with a parachute, according to local media reports. Police would only confirm the death. According to the Basellandschaftlichen Zeitung newspaper, the collision happened as the planes were executing a curve in a formation of three aeroplanes, when one plane touched the other's tail. One of the aeroplanes crashed into a barn in the nearby town of Dittingen. The show had been at the town's airfield, near Basel. --SPA 18:37 LOCAL TIME 15:37 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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