Crews escape as RAF fighters collide

Wednesday 10 January 1996 19:02 EST

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Two RAF Tornado fighter jets collided in mid-air during a low- level exercise yesterday. The four crew escaped, with two suffering minor injuries.

The Tornado F3 fighters, from 56 Squadron, crashed nine miles north-west of their base at RAF Coningsby, in Lincolnshire. A board of inquiry has been convened. The accident cost the taxpayer pounds 40m.

Stewart Rhodes, who witnessed the crash, said: "I saw the aircraft dodging at a height of about 700 or 800ft. Suddenly I saw a flash. A plane hit the ground and there was a fireball."

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