Rome, March 7: Two Italian air force pilots were killed on Tuesday during an exercise when the light aircraft they were flying collided mid-air and crashed to the ground, Italy's air force said in a statement.

The two U-208 aircraft crashed near the Guidonia military airport, located around 25 kilometres (15 miles) northeast of Rome. No injuries on the ground were reported. Russia Plane Crash: Military Plane Crashes in Residential Area of Yeysk City (Watch Video).

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Italian news agency ANSA said one of the planes landed in a field and the other fell onto a parked car. Nepal Plane Crash: Ghazipur Passengers on Yeti Airlines Plane Were Live on Facebook When It Crashed (Watch Video).

Premier Giorgia Meloni expressed her condolences to the pilots' families and colleagues.

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