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Loches in France: Burning debris from a crashed microlight
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Five people died in a collision between two small planes in France on Saturday.
According to the authorities, a small microlight aircraft with two people on board collided with a DA40 light tourist aircraft in which there were three people.
The accident occurred in the sky over Loches in the Indre-et-Loire department, about 50 kilometers from Tours.
The cause of the accident and the identity of the aircraft occupants in the accident are still unclear.
The Loches police opened an investigation.
Around 50 firefighters were on duty, 30 police officers secured the crash sites.
Nobody was injured on the ground.
According to Nadia Seghier, prefectess of Indre-et-Loire, the wreckage of the microlight fell to the ground near a house near the city center.
The other machine fell into an uninhabited area.
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