Turin: Girl, 5, killed after Italian military jet crash

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Image source, EPA Image caption, The pilot escaped by parachuting while a five-year-old girl died in the crash An Italian military jet has crashed while taking part in an acrobatic exercise in Turin killing a five-year-old girl in a car on the ground.
Video filmed near Turin's main airport shows nine aircraft gaining altitude in two tight formations before one peels away and starts to fall out of the sky.
According to local Italian media, an initial investigation suggests the aircraft may have collided with a flock of birds, possibly causing an animal to enter the engine and leading to engine failure.
The jet was part of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team which had been due to take part in an event marking 100 years of the Italian air force on Sunday.