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Midair Collision Cuts Plane in Half

Midair collision involving two planes during aerial demonstration in Arizona left one plane cut in two
Midair collision involving two planes during aerial demonstration in Arizona left one plane cut in two

By Paradise Afshar, CNN

(CNN) – Two people on board a single-engine plane were injured Friday after a collision with another plane during an aerial demonstration in Mesa, Arizona, officials said.

The collision, which happened at Falcon Field Airport before 1 p.m. local time, left the two injured people trapped after returning to the runway in a Yakovlev Yak-52, according to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration.