Two small planes collided over an airport in California on Thursday, officials said, killing several people.
Several agencies responded to Watsonville Municipal Airport after two planes trying to land collided. We have reports of many deaths.
The report came at 2:56 pm.
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Federal aviation officials said two people were aboard the two-engine Cessna 340, and one person was flying the single-engine Cessna 152.
“The planes collided while the pilots were on their final approach to Watsonville Municipal Airport,” a small facility about 80 miles (130 kilometers) south of San Francisco.
“There are no reports of injuries on the ground,” the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement to AFP.
The FAA statement did not say whether all three people on board were killed.
Official social media accounts for the city of Watsonville reported “several fatalities”.
The National Transportation Safety Board will lead an investigation.
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