Couple's miraculous escape after both survived plane crash SAME DAY: Couple was flying to a lunch date with friends in Turin when both planes crashed

A couple have made a miraculous escape after surviving separate plane crashes on the same day.

Stefano Pirilli, 30, escaped unscathed in his crash, while his fiancée Antonietta Demasi, a 22-year-old student, was only slightly injured when her plane crashed.

The one in a million coincidence happened after the couple decided to take separate light aircraft on Sunday on a lunch date with friends near the northern Italian city of Turin.

Stefano's two-seater Tecnam P92 Echo Super crashed in San Gillio after getting into trouble, while his student partner's plane crashed a short time later 40 kilometers away in Busano.

Firefighters rushed to both scenes and the pair were both cut from the wreckage of their respective planes and taken to hospital, along with the pilots of each plane.

Firefighters rushed to both scenes and the pair were both cut from the wreckage of their respective planes

Stefano's two-seater Tecnam P92 Echo Super crashed in San Gillio after getting into trouble

The group had flown to enjoy a meal at a hilltop farm, and it was Antonietta's first time on an airplane.

Doctors said Antonietta suffered pelvic injuries while her plane's pilot Paolo Rotondo, 38, was treated for a head wound.

Energy consultant Stefano, who was flying a two-seater plane, was unhurt, while his friend and pilot Nicola Fiscarelli, 42, is said to have suffered only minor injuries.

Stefano said: 'This was Antonietta's first flying experience and I am so sorry for what happened. The day had started off so beautifully and it ended with both of us crashing in different planes.

“We are fortunate not to have been killed and our thoughts are with the pilots who were injured. I just want my girlfriend and the pilot to get better, nothing else matters.

'Sunday was a perfect day for blue skies, sunshine and not a cloud, it was the perfect way to have some fun in the air.'

Stefano – who describes himself as a 'petrol head' – described how both planes had taken off from an airfield near Turin and then headed to Asti, where the group had lunch at a hilltop farm.

After dinner the group left again and headed for Savona on the west coast to catch a glimpse of the sea in the winter sun.

Firefighters had to remove the passengers from the plane wreckage and rush them to the hospital

But as both planes returned to a runway near Turin, they ran into trouble as the fog began to descend and darkness fell.

Stefano said: 'We were affected by the weather and time. The fog started to rise as the temperature dropped and then suddenly it was night.

'We decided to try to land in Busano and I called Antonietta and told her and the pilot of her plane that he would be landing at the airport at San Gillio.

'As we went to the airstrip we were shrouded in mist and darkness, and we knew there were power lines nearby, but before we knew it we had crashed to the ground and into a field.

'We missed the runway by about 100 metres, I managed to get out of the wreckage and pulled the other pilot out.

One of the small planes crashed into a grassy area after missing the strip 'by about 100 metres'

'I managed to call the emergency services and then I tried to call Antonietta but there was no answer and then the firefighters came and said how crazy it was because this was their second plane crash.

'I asked them if it was a couple, a man and a woman, on the other plane and they said yes and then my blood ran cold and I knew it was Antonietta.

“They told me she had been taken to hospital but was doing well, while the pilot had suffered more serious injuries.

'I went straight to hospital and have been there ever since. I just hope that Antonietta and Paolo are out of the hospital soon.'

Civil aviation chiefs have opened an investigation into both crashes.