{"id":96133,"date":"2023-03-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/2-italian-air-force-planes-collide-mid-air-killing-pilots\/"},"modified":"2023-03-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T00:00:00","slug":"2-italian-air-force-planes-collide-mid-air-killing-pilots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lebanonnewsgazette.com\/2-italian-air-force-planes-collide-mid-air-killing-pilots\/","title":{"rendered":"2 ITALIAN AIR FORCE PLANES COLLIDE MID-AIR, KILLING PILOTS"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two Italian air force pilots were killed Tuesday during an exercise when the light aircraft they were flying collided mid-air and crashed to the ground, Italy’s air force said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The two U-208 aircraft crashed near the Guidonia military airport, located around 25 kilometers (15 miles) northeast of Rome. No injuries on the ground were reported.<\/p>\n

One of the planes crashed into a car on a narrow residential street lined with apartment buildings; the other landed in a field.<\/p>\n

Premier Giorgia Meloni expressed her condolences to the pilots’ families and colleagues<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two Italian air force pilots were killed Tuesday during an exercise when the light aircraft they were flying collided mid-air and crashed to the ground, Italy’s air force said in a statement. The two U-208 aircraft crashed near the Guidonia military airport, located around 25 kilometers (15 miles) northeast of Rome. No injuries on the … <\/p>\n