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RAF crew dead in 'mid-air crash' RAF crew dead after mid-air crash
(20 minutes later)
Two RAF personnel died when their light trainer plane and a glider collided in mid-air and crashed to the ground. An air cadet and an RAF reservist died when their light trainer plane and a civilian glider collided in mid-air and crashed to the ground.
Eye witness James O'Neill told the BBC he heard a loud crash before seeing the wreckage of both aircraft in a field at Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire. Witnesses said they heard a thud before seeing both aircraft spiralling nose down towards the ground at Sutton Courtenay, Oxfordshire.
He he also saw the glider pilot, who survived, parachute to the ground. The glider pilot parachuted to the ground and survived.
The RAF personnel had been in a Tutor single-engine training craft when it was in collision with a civilian glider, the Ministry of Defence said. The RAF personnel were in a Tutor single-engined training plane the Ministry of Defence said.
Police said the two people had died in the crash just after 1400 BST. Police said the two people died in the crash just after 1400 BST.
'Parachuted down' 'Big impact'
Mr O'Neill said: "I heard a loud crash. James O'Neill, who lives nearby, said: "We heard the noise of an aircraft come very low over the house followed by a thud.
"The wreckage of a light aircraft and glider are lying in a field about 100 yards from my home so I assumed they hit mid-air. "My wife who had actually seen it spiral down came running in to say that the plane had crashed and then very quickly she saw a second aircraft, which was a glider also spiralling nose down into the ground."
Resident James O'Neill: "It wasn't surprising when the thump came"Resident James O'Neill: "It wasn't surprising when the thump came"
"Someone parachuted down which I believe was the pilot from the glider. Stuart Wilson who was in a field outside his house nearby said he saw a plane coming down.
"The Thames Valley Police helicopter was on the scene within three minutes, and the fire brigade a minute later."
Stuart Wilson who was in a field outside his house nearby said he saw a plane coming down vertically, nose down.
"There was a big impact noise when it hit the ground," he said."There was a big impact noise when it hit the ground," he said.
Five fire engines attended along with ambulance and police teams, the spokeswoman for the fire service added.Five fire engines attended along with ambulance and police teams, the spokeswoman for the fire service added.
Police said the next of kin of the RAF personnel were being informed.Police said the next of kin of the RAF personnel were being informed.
In February, two Air Training Corps cadets and their RAF instructors were killed in a mid-air crash between two light aircraft in south Wales.
In a separate incident on Saturday, a pilot died when the glider he was in crashed in a field in Ratley, Warwickshire, close to Banbury.In a separate incident on Saturday, a pilot died when the glider he was in crashed in a field in Ratley, Warwickshire, close to Banbury.