Children among seven dead after helicopter and small plane collide in Majorca

Image: The cause of the collision is being investigated. Pic: Incendios f.

Seven people, including two children, have been killed in a collision between a helicopter and a small plane in Majorca.
Five people were on board the helicopter, two of them minors, and they were all likely to be Germans, the Balearic Islands government said on Twitter.

Two adult Spaniards were in the small plane. All the people on board the two aircraft were killed.
According to a Spanish news agency, the aircraft crashed into a field following the collision at 11.35am GMT.

Image: A child is believed to be among the dead. Pic: Pic: Incendios f.Baleares

Emergency services, the Civil Guard and local police attended the scene of the accident near Inca on the island, El Pais newspaper reported.

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Local media reported that the helicopter was on a sight-seeing tour. Part of the wreckage from the aircraft landed near houses in a rural area.

The government president Pedro Sánchez, has sent in a Twitter message his "solidarity and affection" to the families of the victims and has said that he follows "with concern" the information that comes from Inca.

Image: The area of the crash has been sealed off

Spain's caretaker prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, sent his condolences on Twitter to the victims' families and expressed sadness at the "tragic accident".