# Where did this mid-air collision happen?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 11, 2006, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-mid-air-collision-happen/372279 "2006-09-11T13:28:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-mid-air-collision-happen/372279/1 "2006-09-11T13:28:04Z")

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The local station had some video last night showing two aerobatic aircraft colliding at low altitude over water. I didn’t stay up to watch the news. Does anyone know where this happened?

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**Author:** ![anson2995](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@anson2995](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anson2995)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2006, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-mid-air-collision-happen/372279/2 "2006-09-11T13:31:33Z")

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I presume you’re talking about the incident at the [Aero Grand Prix of Malta](http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=67822f47-8339-418d-8d1d-dd8b79e06004).

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-this-mid-air-collision-happen/372279/3 "2006-09-12T02:03:55Z")

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Yes, that’s it.