A Spanish pilot died this Sunday afternoon in Beja (Portugal), through the celebration of an air competition, because of the collision that occurred in mid-flight between two of the planes taking part within the exhibition. The movies recorded by some attendees present the second of the crash, after which the plane occupied by the sufferer plummets to the bottom and explodes, whereas the opposite manages to make an emergency touchdown. The accident additionally brought on minor accidents to a 37-year-old Portuguese pilot who was on the opposite crashed aircraft.
In keeping with the newspaper Faro de Vigo, the deceased is Manuel Rey Cordeiro, a Vueling industrial pilot who belonged to the Iberian acrobatic patrol Yakstars. Manuel Rey Cordeiro, who was born in Vigo in 1962, lived in Sigüeiro, a city close to the Rosalía de Castro airport, in Santiago de Compostela. He had greater than 18,000 flight hours and several other awards in each nationwide and worldwide competitions.
His patrol was taking part within the Beja AirShow competition with a number of Yaklovev Yak-52 plane, together with the 2 that had been broken. The Yakstars is taken into account probably the most skilled civil aviation aerobatic teams and is made up of Portuguese and Spanish pilots.
The collision occurred shortly after 4:00 p.m. subsequent to air base quantity 11 for causes nonetheless unknown. The Portuguese Minister of Protection, Nuno Melo, regretted the demise of the pilot and defined that the accident can be investigated by two totally different entities to attempt to “perceive the trigger and decide obligations.” Additionally the Prime Minister of Portugal, Luís Montenegro, confirmed his “nice dismay” at what occurred.
The Beja air base already recorded one other collision in 1996 throughout an aerial demonstration. On that event there have been no fatalities after the collision of the English Hawk T-1 plane of the Royal Air Drive and an F-16B of the Portuguese Air Drive.
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