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At least two persons were reported dead following the collision of two small planes Thursday in Northern California as they tried to land at a local airport, reports say.
The incident
happened at Watsonville Municipal Airport before 3 p.m., a tweet from the city
of Watsonville reveals. The cause of the collision is unclear but the
city-owned airport does not have a control tower to direct aircraft landing and
taking off, according to The Associated Press.
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One of the
planes involved in the crash had two persons on board in the twin-engine Cessna
340 while the second plane had only the pilot in the single-engine Cessna 152
during the crash, The Associated Press quoted the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA).
Information about
survivors is not yet clear.
In a
statement, the FAA said the pilots were on their final approaches to the
airport before the collision, according to The Associated Press. Investigations
are currently ongoing by the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board.
There were
no reported injuries for people on the ground. The city’s airport home to over
300 aircraft handles more than 55,000 operations a year and is often used for
recreational planes and agriculture businesses, The Associated Press cited the
website.
A photo from
the city of Watsonville showed damage to a building at the airport as
firefighters struggled to extinguish the fire.
Other photos on social media showed the wreckage of a small plane on
field by the airport.