MELBOURNE: Four people were killed in a mid-air collision between two lightplanes in Australia on Wednesday, scattering debris across a rural areanorth of Melbourne.
Police said the two twin-engined aircraft were each carrying a pilot and apassenger when they crashed around 4,000 feet (1,200) above the town ofMangalore.
Images from the crash scene on the ground showed twisted metal and chunksof fuselage scattered in a field and among trees.
Police said both planes were flying legally in the area but investigationswere ongoing.
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“We´re not sure why both aircraft were exactly on the same trajectory orwhy they were in that area but unfortunately they have collided mid-air,”Police Inspector Peter Koger said.
One aircraft had just taken off from the nearby airfield but the otherplane´s origin was still unclear, he added. -APP/AFP
