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Ten die in mid-air collison

Brendan Schurr,Ap
Tuesday 08 August 2000 23:00 BST
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Ten people have been killed in a collision of two small planes over southern New Jersey.

Ten people have been killed in a collision of two small planes over southern New Jersey.

Falling wreckage crashed into a house and set the building on fire.

Eight of those killed were aboard a Piper Navajo that took off from the nearby Lakehurst Naval Air Station, spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration said.

The other two fatalies were from the second plane, a Piper Seminole from Northeast Philadelphia Airport. That plane included a flight instructor and a student.

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