Pilot killed in collision of two planes during training in Uruguay

The pilot was killed in a collision of two small aircraft during training flights in the Guasuvira area in the Canelones department in Uruguay, the Uruguayan newspaper Subrayado reported.

The accident occurred on October 28, when pilots of private aircraft practiced aerobatics. After the collision, one of the aircraft made an emergency landing at the Green airfield, the second fell in a wooded area about 2 km from the airfield.

The victim was a 58-year-old former soldier of the Uruguayan Air Force who was flying the Rihn DR-109. He was a member of the aerobatic team and was the founder of the Green airfield.

The pilot of the second plane, a 32-year-old man, was not injured, but was in shock. At the time of the collision, there was one person on each plane.

In February 2025, two business jets collided at Scottsdale Airport in the US state of Arizona, as a result of which one person was killed and four others were injured, ABC News reported. The plane Bombardier Learjet on landing rolled out of the runway and crashed into standing Gulfstream.