Trainers collide; all 4 crew members eject

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Trainers collide; all 4 crew members eject
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Nov 28, 2007 21:26:11 EST

SHUQUALAK, Miss. — Two Air Force training planes collided Wednesday during flights over eastern Mississippi and crashed, but all four crew members ejected safely, an Air Force spokesman said.

The T-6A Texan II primary trainers collided around midday and crashed near a Columbus Air Force Base auxiliary airfield in Shuqualak, a wooded area about 10 miles from the Alabama line, said 2nd Lt. Craig Rasley, a base spokesman.

Air Force investigators are probing the cause of the crash of the turboprop planes, Rasley said.

The Air Force’s first T-6As went into service in 2000 and cost about $4.3 million apiece. The two-seat, single-engine planes can reach 320 mph, according to the Air Force.


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