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Four pilots killed as two PAF planes collide

Updated on: 17 May,2012 01:39 PM IST  | 
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Four pilots were killed today when two Pakistan Air Force (PAF) trainer planes collided in the country's northwest, police said.

Four pilots killed as two PAF planes collide

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The accident took place at about 10.20 am when two trainer planes slammed into one another while on a routine training flight over the Rashakai area of Nowshera, a district some 100 km northwest of Pakistan's capital of Islamabad.

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Geo News said that two training jets crashed in the suburban area of Rashakai, killing four pilots.
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One plane crashed into a field while another fell on a house in a residential area of Rashakai in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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Eyewitnesses said a huge fire erupted after a plane crashed into the residential area.u00a0
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The two planes had taken off from an air base in Resalpur, a town to the north of Nowshera.u00a0

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