The US aviation authorities have launched an investigation after a small plane dived into the ground while performing aerobatic manoeuvres at an airshow in Wisconsin. The pilot was killed.

The crash happened around midday yesterday  at the Stevens Point Municipal Airport. The aircraft dived into a wooded area about 300 metres east of the airport runway.

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