Two planes collided in the air in Australia: 3 people lost their lives.

Three people lost their lives as a result of a mid-air collision between two small planes in a wooded area southwest of Sydney.

Australian police, fire, and ambulance teams reached the two crash sites located in a semi-rural area about 90 kilometers southwest of Sydney on foot. One of the planes caught fire during the collision.

New South Wales Acting Police Commissioner Timothy Calman confirmed that a Cessna 182 aircraft with two people on board collided with an ultralight aircraft that had taken off from a nearby airport and had one person on board.

The identities of those who lost their lives in the accident have not yet been released.

In a statement to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Calman mentioned that witnesses saw "debris falling from the sky" and tried to help, but there was "not much that could be done." He added that both accidents, which were about a kilometer apart, were "not survivable."

NSW Ambulance Inspector Joseph Ibrahim, who was part of the emergency response team, also told ABC that "unfortunately, there was nothing they could do."

The cause of the accident will be investigated by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.