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Two dead in mid-air collision were students at Manitoba flight school

RCMP say two small single-engine aircraft collided near Steinbach, southeast of Winnipeg.  

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STEINBACH - Two student pilots died Tuesday morning after their single-engine planes collided mid-air during practice exercises, the head of a pilot training school said.

The students, who were not identified, were practising takeoffs and landings when they appear to have tried to land at the same time on the small rural runway south of Steinbach, said Adam Penner, president of Harv’s Air. 

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