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Plane crashes at Shoreham air show in UK, 7 dead: police

The show was taking place at Brighton City Airport

London: A vintage Hawker Hunter aircraft suffered a catastrophic crash at the Shoreham airshow in Surrey, South England, on Saturday.

The Sussex Police reported as saying that there are seven casualties. The pilot has been pulled from burning wreckage of the plane, the Daily Mail reported. The show was taking place at Brighton City Airport.

Airlive.net reported that the plane crashed onto at least four cars on a nearby highway and the roads near the site were closed following the incident. There have been no immediate words on casualties.

Images showing black smoke rising into a clear blue sky, from the place which is believed to be the crash site. The air show organisers also tweeted that there have been a major incident.

( Source : deccan chronicle )
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