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This picture shows twisted metal and chunks of fuselage after a mid-air collision, in a field at a rural area north of Melbourne, Australia, February 19, 2020. (Via local media)

Four people were killed in a mid-air collision between two light planes in Australia on Wednesday, scattering debris across a rural area north of Melbourne.

Police said the two twin-engined aircraft were each carrying a pilot and a passenger when they crashed around 1,200 meters above the town of Mangalore.

Images from the crash scene on the ground showed twisted metal and chunks of fuselage scattered in a field and among trees.

Police said both planes were flying legally in the area but investigations were ongoing.

We�re not sure why both aircraft were exactly on the same trajectory or why they were in that area but unfortunately they have collided mid-air, Police Inspector Peter Koger said.

One aircraft had just taken off from the nearby airfield but the other plane�s origin was still unclear, he added.

(Source: AFP)