Cadets killed in plane collision
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A mid-air plane collision has killed two air cadets and their RAF instructors.
The girls and their tutors died when the two aircraft they were in crashed above sand dunes on the South Wales coast. It is thought the planes clipped each other's wings.
The accident happened at 11am, less than half an hour into a round trip from RAF St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan.
The planes came down in the Kenfig Nature Reserve, Porthcawl, with at least one of them on fire, South Wales Police said. There are reports one occupant ejected before the collision.
RAF Group Captain Andy Naismith said: 'Four members of the RAF family have tragically lost their lives following an accident which took place near Porthcawl just before lunchtime today.
'Those who died were two members of the RAF and two Air Training Corps cadets.'
An investigation has been launched by the Air Accidents Investigation Board, South Wales Police and the Ministry of Defence.
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