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Yahoo
20-02-2025
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2 people are dead in a small plane collision at a southern Arizona airport
A midair collision involving two small planes in southern Arizona killed two people Wednesday morning, authorities said. Federal air-safety investigators said each plane had two people aboard when they collided at Marana Regional Airport on the outskirts of Tucson. One plane landed uneventfully and the other hit the ground near a runway and caught fire, said the National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation and cited preliminary information before its investigators had arrived. The Marana Police Department confirmed that the two people killed were aboard one aircraft and said responders did not have a chance to provide medical treatment. Sgt. Vincent Rizzi said the two people on the other plane were uninjured. The municipal fire department helped extinguish flames, Rizzi said. Neither the Lancair nor the Cessna 172 was based out of the airport, according to a statement from the town of Marana. The collision came more than a week after a plane crash in Scottsdale killed one of two pilots of a private jet owned by Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil. That aircraft veered off a runway and hit a business jet. It also followed four major aviation disasters that have occurred in North America in the last month. The most recent involved a Delta jet that flipped on its roof while landing in Toronto and the deadly crash of a commuter plane in Alaska. In late January, 67 people were killed in a midair collision in Washington, D.C., involving an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter, marking the United States' deadliest aviation disaster since 2001. Just a day later, a medical transport jet with a child patient, her mother and four others aboard crashed into a Philadelphia neighborhood on Jan. 31, exploding in a fireball that engulfed several homes. That crash killed seven people, including all those aboard, and injured 19 others. The airport in Marana has two intersecting runways and operates without an air traffic control tower. A multimillion-dollar project was underway to build a tower but delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic pushed back construction. Tens of thousands of flights arrive and depart from the airport annually. Most airports in the U.S. do not have air traffic control towers, only those with commercial traffic coming in. At those airspaces, pilots use a designated radio channel to announce intentions for landing and taking off, said Jeff Guzzetti, an airline safety consultant and a former Federal Aviation Administration and NTSB investigator. Just because an airport doesn't have a control tower doesn't mean it's unsafe, he said. 'All the pilots should be broadcasting on this common traffic advisory frequency. And there's also a responsibility to see and avoid. Each pilot is responsible to see and avoid so they don't collide with each other,' Guzzetti said. ___ This story has been corrected to reflect that 67 people total were killed in the Washington, D.C., collision, rather than 67 people aboard the American Airlines jet. —- Lee reported from Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Govindarao reported from Phoenix. Associated Press journalist Susan Montoya Bryan in Albuquerque, New Mexico, also contributed. Morgan Lee And Sejal Govindarao, The Associated Press
Yahoo
19-02-2025
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At least 2 dead from 'aircraft collision' near Marana Regional Airport
At least two persons are dead from a midair collision involving two planes Wednesday morning at the Marana Regional Airport northwest of Tucson, according to Marana police. "Two confirmed dead and both planes were smaller fixed wing single engine planes," the Marana Police Department posted on X. Rizzi also confirmed two small fixed wing aircraft were involved in the collision. The airport is closed and landing aircraft are being diverted to other airports, Vincent Rizzi, a Marana Police Department sergeant, said at the scene. The Marana Regional Airport is located in a rural area surrounded by farm fields and desert brush. The Northwest Fire District responded to the scene, Rizzi said. Officials from the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are expected to arrive later Wednesday to help with the investigation, Rizzi said. Photos posted on X by KGUN9 reporter Blake Phillips show a plume of black smoke from the site of the collision near the airport. The collision in Marana is the latest in a sting of incidents involving aircraft, including one on Feb. 10 at the Scottsdale Airport where a smaller Learjet 35A owned by Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil crashed into a larger Gulfstream aircraft, killing the pilot of the Learjet. On Monday, Feb. 17, a Delta Air Lines regional jet flipped upside down while landing at Canada's Toronto Pearson Airport, officials said Eighteen of the 80 people on board were injured. On Jan. 29, an American Airlines regional jet carrying 64 people and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter carrying three people collided near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C. Sixty-seven people were killed. A small medical jet carrying a child patient crashed into a Philadelphia neighborhood on Jan. 31 killing seven people while a small plane carrying 10 people crashed in Alaska on Feb. 6, killing all 10 prior to the Scottsdale plane crash. On Nov. 4, a business jet crashed into a vehicle near Falcon Field Airport in Mesa, killing five people, including four people on the plane and the driver of the vehicle. Reporter Perry Vandell contributed. This story is breaking and will be updated. This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Aircraft collision near Marana Regional Airport kills at least 2
Yahoo
19-02-2025
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Two Dead After Planes Collide at Southern Arizona Airport
Two people have died in a mid-air collision between two small single-engine planes at a local Arizona airport on Wednesday morning. The crash between the two fixed-wing planes occurred at the Marana Regional Airport about 21 miles northwest of Tucson, Arizona, according to the Marana Police Department, which said the reason for the crash was still being investigated. Both the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are on the scene and are expected to provide more details. 'NTSB is investigating a mid-air collision between Cessna 172S and Lancair 360 MK II near Marana, Arizona,' the agency said in a post on X. The planes, each with two passengers, collided right before 8:30 a.m. local time according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The identities of the victims has not been disclosed. Marana Regional Airport is an uncontrolled field without an operating air traffic control tower. In such cases, pilots usually use a common traffic advisory frequency to announce their position to others in the airport's vicinity. Pilots are expected to comply with all federal aviation regulations, such as minimum visibility, minimum safe altitudes, and right-of-way rules, with the pilot-in-command responsible for maintaining a safe separation from other aircrafts. The Wednesday collision comes after numerous aircraft accidents in the past few months, including the Delta Air Lines crash landing on Monday, an air ambulance crash in Philadelphia on Jan. 31, and the midair collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter which killed 67 passengers. Following the Jan. 29 accident in Washington D.C.'s Ronald Reagan National Airport—which was the deadliest U.S. aviation disaster since 2001—President Donald Trump's administration has promised to review and update air traffic control systems across the country.
Yahoo
19-02-2025
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Mid-air plane collision over Arizona kills at least 2
Authorities in Arizona are investigating a deadly mid-air collision that occurred roughly 20 miles outside Tucson Wednesday morning. The Marana Police Department said two deaths were confirmed following the crash between 'smaller fixed-wing single-engine planes' that happened around 8:30 a.m. local time near a regional airport. The National Transportation Safety Board said the collision involved a Cessna 172S and a Lancair 360 MK II. The cause of the crash is being investigated. One local pilot told Arizona station KOLD that he was about to fly his plane out of Marana Regional Airport, but was told shortly before takeoff that the airfield was closed.' Wednesday's crash comes two days after a Delta plane landing in Toronto wound-up on its back on a frigid runway. The cause of that crash, in which no one died, is also under investigation. Both incidents follow reports that the Trump administration is in the process of firing hundreds of provisional FAA employees amid an especially deadly period of air travel in North America. U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed last week that fewer than 400 agency workers were cut and said none of them were involved in air traffic control. On Jan. 29, a collision between American Eagle passenger plane and a military helicopter left 67 people dead outside Washington D.C. Days later, seven people were killed when a medical transport jet crashed in Philadelphia. ---------
Yahoo
19-02-2025
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Two Dead After Planes Collide at Southern Arizona Airport
Two people have died in a mid-air collision between two small single-engine planes at a local Arizona airport on Wednesday morning. The crash between the two fixed-wing planes occurred at the Marana Regional Airport about 21 miles northwest of Tucson, Arizona, according to the Marana Police Department, which said the reason for the crash was still being investigated. Both the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are on the scene and are expected to provide more details. 'NTSB is investigating a mid-air collision between Cessna 172S and Lancair 360 MK II near Marana, Arizona,' the agency said in a post on X. The planes, each with two passengers, collided right before 8:30 a.m. local time according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The identities of the victims has not been disclosed. Marana Regional Airport is an uncontrolled field without an operating air traffic control tower. In such cases, pilots usually use a common traffic advisory frequency to announce their position to others in the airport's vicinity. Pilots are expected to comply with all federal aviation regulations, such as minimum visibility, minimum safe altitudes, and right-of-way rules, with the pilot-in-command responsible for maintaining a safe separation from other aircrafts. The Wednesday collision comes after numerous aircraft accidents in the past few months, including the Delta Air Lines crash landing on Monday, an air ambulance crash in Philadelphia on Jan. 31, and the midair collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter which killed 67 passengers. Following the Jan. 29 accident in Washington D.C.'s Ronald Reagan National Airport—which was the deadliest U.S. aviation disaster since 2001—President Donald Trump's administration has promised to review and update air traffic control systems across the country.
