Two Colombian Air Force planes collided this Saturday while they were carrying out training in the city of Villavicencio, capital of the department of Meta, causing the death of a soldier, authorities reported.
“The Colombian Air Force regrets to inform that today, at 5:28 p.m. (22:28 GMT), two T-27 Tucano aircraft, carrying out a training mission, crashed at the Air Combat Command No. 2, located in Apiay, Meta,” detailed in a statement the military institution.
Lieutenant Colonel Mario Andrés Espinosa González died in the accident.
An inspection commission was sent to the scene to open an investigation to determine the causes of the accident.
The inhabitants of the place recorded the moment of the collision and the videos quickly went viral on social networks. In the images you can see how the aircraft collide in the air.