The death toll from the Shoreham air crash where a vintage jet plummeted into traffic on a main trunk road is thought to have risen to 11, police have said.
Specialist recovery teams have begun recovering bodies from the site after the crash on Saturday, when the number of deaths was initially given as seven.
It comes as the first victims of the accident were named by their families.
Investigators are still combing the crash site in West Sussex, reports the BBC.
Assistant Chief Constable Steve Barry, from Sussex Police, said the 11 were “highly likely” to have died in the incident.
They include Matt Jones, 24, and Worthing United footballer Matthew Grimstone, 23, whose families have confirmed they have died.
And in a related development, at least one person has been killed after two small planes collided in mid-air during an airshow in northern Switzerland, police say.
The accident occurred at 11:30 (09:30 GMT) at Dittingen, near Basel.
Swiss media say one of the pilots managed to escape by parachute.
The Swiss accident comes a day after 11 people died and several were injured when a military jet participating in an airshow in the UK crashed onto a busy road in the south of the country.
Specialist recovery teams have begun recovering bodies from the site after the crash on Saturday, when the number of deaths was initially given as seven.
It comes as the first victims of the accident were named by their families.
Investigators are still combing the crash site in West Sussex, reports the BBC.
Assistant Chief Constable Steve Barry, from Sussex Police, said the 11 were “highly likely” to have died in the incident.
They include Matt Jones, 24, and Worthing United footballer Matthew Grimstone, 23, whose families have confirmed they have died.
And in a related development, at least one person has been killed after two small planes collided in mid-air during an airshow in northern Switzerland, police say.
The accident occurred at 11:30 (09:30 GMT) at Dittingen, near Basel.
Swiss media say one of the pilots managed to escape by parachute.
The Swiss accident comes a day after 11 people died and several were injured when a military jet participating in an airshow in the UK crashed onto a busy road in the south of the country.
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