Two small planes collided mid-air over a California airport, killing at least two people, officials said.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a twin-engine Cessna 340 propeller plane with two people on board and a single-engine Cessna 152 with only the pilot on board were about to land at the Watsonville airport.
Both were on their final approach to the tarmac when they collided and crashed, officials added.
A passing driver told local media that a large plane was He said the plane had about 200 feet left to descend when it suddenly tilted to the right.
It hit the wing of a small plane that "spiraled and crashed" just off the airfield.
The large plane continued to fly, but eyewitnesses said it appeared to be "struggling" as it went out of sight and appeared to be engulfed in flames.
City-owned airports do not have control towers directing pilots.
No one was injured on the ground and there were no early indications as to whether his third person involved in the crash survived.
Watsonville officials tweeted following the incident:
"There are reports of multiple deaths."
Mayor Ali Parker wrote:
"The City of Watsonville extends its deepest condolences to the friends and families of those who lost their lives."
The incident took him just over a week in California. It's his second plane crash.
On August 9, the plane crashed on a highway near the town of Corona after suffering a "probable engine failure", but his two passengers survived. rice field.
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