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Two dead after planes crash in mid-air disaster as witnesses see debris fall from the sky in Australia
TWO men have been killed after a plane and a glider crashed mid-air.
Emergency services rushed to the scene at a farm in Queensland, Australia, following the smash.
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A light plane and a glider aircraft collided before plummeting to the ground in Kybong, according to local reports.
The pilot of each aircraft died following the crash, police confirmed.
One witness said he heard a "big bang" before debris fell to the ground.
He told : "We thought that didn’t sound like a gunshot, and we looked up and saw white bits of plane falling out of the sky.
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“It was already broken up. I didn’t see much of the second plane.”
Police say the glider took off from a local gliding club. It is unclear where the plane came from.
Queensland police inspector Brad Inskip said: "It’s a small, little regional gliding club; they all know each other.
"So this is going to hit the community very hard, especially those clubs involved, for sure."
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Police are investigating the cause of the crash, which happened at about 2.50pm local time (4.50am GMT).
Inspector Inskip added: "We’ve got two scenes in a paddock nearby, they are approximately 200 metres apart and spread across a bit of a distance,
"This is a tragic incident, and quite a graphic scene left there for all the emergency services.
"The evidence is pointing towards the fact that each aircraft likely had a single male occupant and both males are deceased.
"We will be looking into the possibility that there was a collision mid-air, but it’s very early days and we’re really not sure."
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