Two planes from a patrol of six collided in the air and crashed, this Sunday, during the Beja Air Show. One of the pilots died.
The accident occurred at 16.07 hours, in the south area of ​​the Air Base (BA11), involving the Spanish-Portuguese aerobatic display team Yakstars. The aircraft crash resulted in a fire, fought by firefighters.
Has learned the Lidador News (LN), spectators noticed something unusual with the noise of one of the formation's planes, shortly before the accident.
In a statement, the Portuguese Air Force revealed that the aid resources on site. The Beja Air Show was canceled and more than 100 one thousand spectators who were in BA11 were evacuated without any problems.
Yakstars is the first Iberian aviation aerobatic display team. “At the controls of six Warbird Yak52s aircraft, Show off with precise combinations of tight formations and exhilarating acrobatics”, writes the Air Force on its official website.
After aircraft crash, that crashed between the south of the BA11 runways and the Civil Aeronautical Terminal of Beja, A fire broke out in the bush that was promptly fought by firefighters who were attached to the “BAS24 Operational Device).
Around three decades ago, at the BA11 air festival, two planes collided,, but the pilots were unharmed.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
