18 Mar 2017

One dead after planes collide in mid-air

2:47 pm on 18 March 2017

Two small planes have collided in mid-air over a busy shopping mall in Canada, killing one pilot and seriously injuring the other.

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A Cessna plane (file shot). Photo: 123.rf

One of the planes crashed into the roof of the mall, on the outskirts of the city of Montreal.

The other came down in a car park 20 metres from a main entrance to the complex.

Both were Cessnas from a flight school nearby.

Police said it was a miracle no-one else was seriously hurt.