The MOD can confirm that an incident has occurred involving the Red Arrows whilst undertaking pre-season training at Hellenic Air Force Base Kastelli in Crete.

A Service Inquiry will be convened to identify the cause of the crash.

Further information will be released in due course.

A Red Arrows pilot has been taken to hospital after a mid-air crash between two display planes during a training exercise in Crete.

The male pilot ejected from the aircraft following the collision over Hellenic Air Force Base in Kastelli during a pre-season exercise.

The second pilot from the RAF aerobatic team, based at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, landed safety.

The planes were practising a manoeuvre when they collided at 1150 GMT.

The injured pilot, who ejected himself from the plane before it crash-landed on the runway of the base, has a dislocated arm and minor abrasions.

Source: MOD UK
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