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2008/08/17

British Mid Air Collision-5 Deaths




What: The Microlight crashed into a field close to Coombe Abbey, Brinklow near Coventry Airport
The Cessna 402 owned by Reconnaissance Ventures Ltd, which is based at Coventry Airport was carrying four people.
Where: The first plane came down near Coombe Abbey, in Warwickshire, five miles from Coventry Airport, just before midday, while the Cessna crashed in nearby Brandon Woods.
When: at around 1130BST.
Who: One passenger in the first plane was killed and four people died in the second aircraft.
Why: Cause unknown. Witnesses said "We noticed the twin-engined aircraft coming over the top of us. It was about 300 metres away from us, flying away from us as we watched it, and it struck another aircraft that had been coming across. As it hit it, the smaller aircraft just completely disintegrated."

Ambulance audio:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7566738.stm
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