Pilot killed after planes collide during Italian air show in front of horrified beachgoers

 
Crash: The moment the planes collided (Picture: YouTube)
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Tom Marshall1 June 2015

This is the tragic moment two planes crashed during an air show off the coast of Italy, killing one of the pilots.

Beachgoers watched in horror as the light planes collided in the sky near Italy's Adriatic shore, before plummeting into the sea on Sunday.

One pilot was found dead under the fuselage of his plane about a mile offshore, the local fire service said.

The other was filmed making a crash landing just off a beach near Tortoreto, a town in central Italy, before the aircraft flips onto its roof.

Several people can be seen running into the sea to help the injured pilot, who was taken to hospital.

A witness told La Repubblica: "We first heard a bang and then an unusual roar, we looked up and saw a piece of the wing that had landed in the water."

The cause of the collision is under investigation.

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