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Two individuals on board a single-engine airplane have been injured Friday after a collision with one other airplane throughout an aerial demonstration in Mesa, Arizona, officers mentioned.
The collision, which occurred at Falcon Discipline Airport earlier than 1 p.m. native time, left the 2 injured individuals trapped after returning to the runway in a Yakovlev Yak-52, in line with a press release from the Federal Aviation Administration.
Arriving on the scene, officers discovered that the stricken airplane’s touchdown gear failed, and “the plane broke in half behind the cockpit, the airplane went nostril down and got here to a cease on the runway,” the Mesa Hearth and Medical Division mentioned in a information launch.
The 2 individuals have been extracted from the airplane and evaluated on scene for minor accidents, Mesa officers mentioned, including there have been a complete of three airplanes taking part in formation on the time of the incident.
The opposite single-engine plane concerned within the collision, a Ryan Navion, landed safely with one individual on board, the FAA mentioned.
The collision is beneath investigation by the FAA and the Nationwide Transportation Security Board.