Jets crash into home after mid-air collision 
MalaysiaKini.com
Mar 15, 2015     

Two Indonesian Air Force aircraft crashed into a home in Langkawi after a mid-air collision during a practice session for the 2015 Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace exhibition (Lima '15) at about 2pm today.

An eye-witness told Bernama that the crash set the house on fire, but firemen were quick to douse the flames.

The four pilots managed to eject from the cockpits in time and suffered slight injuries, Lima '15 emergency medical consultative expert an advisor Dr Abu Hassan Asaari Abdullah told the newswire.

They were, however, unconscious for a short while, he said. No other casualties were reported.

The jets were part of the Jupiter Aerobatic Team and had collided when six KT-1B aircraft were crossing the Mahsuri Internationl Exhibition Centre (MIEC).

Videos and pictures uploaded by eye witnesses on social media show a plane ablaze, followed by billowing smoke.

Photographs also showed that the pilots had ejected, while first responders were seen in other photographs carrying a pilot on a stretcher towards rescue helicopters.   

A witness, Husin Ahmad, 25, told the national newswire one pilot managed to save himself by ejecting from his aircraft and activating his parachute.
 
"I was having lunch, when I suddenly saw the two planes colliding at the tail end, emitting smoke, before they crashed."

"One of the pilots also managed to bail out using a parachute," he was quoted by Bernama as saying.

Another witness, Zairi Halim, 35, said he was having lunch at home when his son came running to inform that there was an aircraft mishap a short distance away.

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