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USA Today
20-02-2025
- General
- USA Today
Small planes crash in midair over Arizona airport, killing 2: What we know
Small planes crash in midair over Arizona airport, killing 2: What we know The crash, which occurred at the Marana Regional Airport, about 21 miles northwest of Tucson, is the second fatal aviation mishap this month in Arizona. Show Caption Hide Caption Small plane crash in Arizona At least two people are dead following a mid-air crash at an airport in Arizona. This comes just over a week since the last deadly plane crash in the state. Fox - 7 Austin Two people were killed Wednesday morning when two small airplanes crashed in midair at a regional airport in southern Arizona – the latest in a series of North American aviation disasters in recent weeks. The crash, which occurred at the Marana Regional Airport, about 21 miles northwest of Tucson, is also the second fatal aviation mishap this month in Arizona. Details about the victims and the circumstances that preceded the crash remained slim Thursday morning, nearly 24 hours later. Here's everything to know so far: Plane crashes 2025: How many have plane crashes have there been in 2025? How many people have died? What were the airplanes involved in the crash? The crash involved two fixed-wing, single-engine aircraft, Vincent Rizzi, a Marana Police Department sergeant, told the Arizona Republic, a USA TODAY Network publication. One of the airplanes has been identified as a Cessna 172S and the other as a Lancair 360 MK II. What caused the crash? The collision occurred around 8:30 a.m. over a runway at the Marana Regional Airport. While the Cessna landed safely, the Lancair crashed near another runway, sparking a fire that sent plumes of smoke into the air, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a written statement to the Republic. Marana Airport Superintendent Galen Beem described the crash as "an unprecedented event" in a statement. 'On behalf of the Town of Marana and the Marana Regional Airport, our hearts go out to all the individuals and families impacted by this event,' Beem said in a written statement shared in a news release from the Marana police. The airport remained closed as of Wednesday afternoon, police said in the latest post on social media. What do we know about the victims? Two people were on board each aircraft, the Marana town government posted on Facebook. Rizzi told the Republic that the two aboard the Cessna that landed safely were not severely injured, meaning both those on the Lancair were killed in the crash. Authorities had not publicly identified any of the victims in the crash as of Thursday morning. What is the Marana Regional Airport? The Marana Regional Airport, which is mostly used for leisure flights, is located in a rural area surrounded by farm fields and desert brush. The airport is also home to two flight schools. The two aircraft involved in the fatal crash were not among the 259 aircraft based at the airport, Vic Hathaway, communications manager for the town of Marana, told the Republic. Federal agencies to investigate crash The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed on social media site X it was investigating the crash. Marana officials indicated Wednesday that further information would come from the NTSB. The FAA released a statement to USA TODAY confirming details about the crash. USA TODAY left a message Thursday morning with the NTSB seeking further information. Marana Regional Airport has no air traffic controllers The regional airport is what's known as an "uncontrolled field," meaning it does not have an air traffic control tower, according to the FAA. At uncontrolled airports, pilots use a common traffic advisory frequency to regularly announce their position to other pilots who are in the airport vicinity, the agency said. Pilots operating in uncontrolled fields also must still comply with all FAA regulations, including maintaining visibility and safe altitudes. While a crewed tower was supposed to be in place by the end of 2024 to accommodate an increase in traffic and improve safety, its construction was delayed, Hathaway told the Republic. That delay was mostly related to supply chain issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, she added. Crash is latest aviation disaster of 2025 Although experts have said air travel remains extremely safe, the crash is at least the sixth major aviation disaster of 2025 in North America, USA TODAY reported. That includes a high-profile deadly crash in Washington DC on Jan. 29 in which a military Black Hawk helicopter collided in midair with an American Airlines regional jet, killing 67 people near Ronald Reagan National Airport. It was the first fatal crash of a U.S. airliner in nearly 16 years. Just days after the crash near Washington, D.C., a medical jet carrying a child patient crashed into a Philadelphia neighborhood. Seven people died, including all six on board the aircraft and another in a car on the ground. The Arizona crash also comes days after 18 people were injured when a Delta Airlines regional jet crash landed upside down Monday in Toronto. Another 10 people were killed earlier this month when a small plane crashed in Alaska after experiencing a rapid loss of altitude and speed. The aircraft, heading from the village of Unalakleet to the town of Nome, was initially reported missing before it was later recovered. 1 killed in earlier plane crash in Arizona The crash is also the second fatal aviation incident this month in Arizona after one person was killed Feb. 10 when two private jets collided on a runway at Scottsdale Airport. Another four people were injured when a Learjet owned by Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil veered off the runway and hit a parked Gulfstream jet at the small municipal airport, officials said. While the investigation revealed that it appeared the plane's landing gear had failed, no official cause of the crash had been announced. Neil was not among the two passengers and two pilots on board the Learjet during the crash. One person was aboard the other Gulfstream jet. Contributing: Christopher Cann, USA TODAY
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Small planes crash in midair over Arizona airport, killing 2: What we know
Two people were killed Wednesday morning when two small airplanes crashed in midair at a regional airport in southern Arizona – the latest in a series of North American aviation disasters in recent weeks. The crash, which occurred at the Marana Regional Airport, about 21 miles northwest of Tucson, is also the second fatal aviation mishap this month in Arizona. Details about the victims and the circumstances that preceded the crash remained slim Thursday morning, nearly 24 hours later. Here's everything to know so far: Plane crashes 2025: How many have plane crashes have there been in 2025? How many people have died? The crash involved two fixed-wing, single-engine aircraft, Vincent Rizzi, a Marana Police Department sergeant, told the Arizona Republic, a USA TODAY Network publication. One of the airplanes has been identified as a Cessna 172S and the other as a Lancair 360 MK II. The collision occurred around 8:30 a.m. over a runway at the Marana Regional Airport. While the Cessna landed safely, the Lancair crashed near another runway, sparking a fire that sent plumes of smoke into the air, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a written statement to the Republic. Marana Airport Superintendent Galen Beem described the crash as "an unprecedented event" in a statement. 'On behalf of the Town of Marana and the Marana Regional Airport, our hearts go out to all the individuals and families impacted by this event,' Beem said in a written statement shared in a news release from the Marana police. The airport remained closed as of Wednesday afternoon, police said in the latest post on social media. Two people were on board each aircraft, the Marana town government posted on Facebook. Rizzi told the Republic that the two aboard the Cessna that landed safely were not severely injured, meaning both those on the Lancair were killed in the crash. Authorities had not publicly identified any of the victims in the crash as of Thursday morning. The Marana Regional Airport, which is mostly used for leisure flights, is located in a rural area surrounded by farm fields and desert brush. The airport is also home to two flight schools. The two aircraft involved in the fatal crash were not among the 259 aircraft based at the airport, Vic Hathaway, communications manager for the town of Marana, told the Republic. The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed on social media site X it was investigating the crash. Marana officials indicated Wednesday that further information would come from the NTSB. The FAA released a statement to USA TODAY confirming details about the crash. USA TODAY left a message Thursday morning with the NTSB seeking further information. The regional airport is what's known as an "uncontrolled field," meaning it does not have an air traffic control tower, according to the FAA. At uncontrolled airports, pilots use a common traffic advisory frequency to regularly announce their position to other pilots who are in the airport vicinity, the agency said. Pilots operating in uncontrolled fields also must still comply with all FAA regulations, including maintaining visibility and safe altitudes. While a crewed tower was supposed to be in place by the end of 2024 to accommodate an increase in traffic and improve safety, its construction was delayed, Hathaway told the Republic. That delay was mostly related to supply chain issues stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, she added. Although experts have said air travel remains extremely safe, the crash is at least the sixth major aviation disaster of 2025 in North America, USA TODAY reported. That includes a high-profile deadly crash in Washington DC on Jan. 29 in which a military Black Hawk helicopter collided in midair with an American Airlines regional jet, killing 67 people near Ronald Reagan National Airport. It was the first fatal crash of a U.S. airliner in nearly 16 years. Just days after the crash near Washington, D.C., a medical jet carrying a child patient crashed into a Philadelphia neighborhood. Seven people died, including all six on board the aircraft and another in a car on the ground. The Arizona crash also comes days after 18 people were injured when a Delta Airlines regional jet crash landed upside down Monday in Toronto. Another 10 people were killed earlier this month when a small plane crashed in Alaska after experiencing a rapid loss of altitude and speed. The aircraft, heading from the village of Unalakleet to the town of Nome, was initially reported missing before it was later recovered. The crash is also the second fatal aviation incident this month in Arizona after one person was killed Feb. 10 when two private jets collided on a runway at Scottsdale Airport. Another four people were injured when a Learjet owned by Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil veered off the runway and hit a parked Gulfstream jet at the small municipal airport, officials said. While the investigation revealed that it appeared the plane's landing gear had failed, no official cause of the crash had been announced. Neil was not among the two passengers and two pilots on board the Learjet during the crash. One person was aboard the other Gulfstream jet. Contributing: Christopher Cann, USA TODAY This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 2 killed in Arizona after planes collide in midair: What we know
Arab Times
20-02-2025
- General
- Arab Times
2 dead in small plane collision at a southern Arizona airport
WASHINGTON, Feb 20, (AP): 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. A Cessna 172 landed uneventfully and a Lancair 360 MK II hit the ground near a runway and caught fire, according to 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. Police did not identify which plane they were in, but the operator of the Cessna -AeroGuard, a commercial flight training school - said its two pilots were not injured. Neither plane was based out of the Marana airport, the city said. The municipal fire department helped extinguish flames, said Marana police Sgt. Vincent Rizzi. AeroGuard spokesperson Matt Panichas declined to comment on specifics of the collision but said it's working closely with the investigative agencies. "We are deeply saddened by the two fatalities from this tragic accident, and our thoughts and prayers are with their families and loved ones during this difficult time,' Panichas said in a statement to The Associated Press. 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, 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.
Asharq Al-Awsat
20-02-2025
- Asharq Al-Awsat
2 People Dead in Small Plane Collision at 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, The Associated Press reported. A Cessna 172 landed uneventfully and a Lancair 360 MK II hit the ground near a runway and caught fire, according to 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. Police did not identify which plane they were in, but the operator of the Cessna —AeroGuard, a commercial flight training school — said its two pilots were not injured. Neither plane was based out of the Marana airport, the city said. The municipal fire department helped extinguish flames, said Marana police Sgt. Vincent Rizzi. AeroGuard spokesperson Matt Panichas declined to comment on specifics of the collision but said it's working closely with the investigative agencies. 'We are deeply saddened by the two fatalities from this tragic accident, and our thoughts and prayers are with their families and loved ones during this difficult time,' Panichas said in a statement to The Associated Press. 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, exploding in a fireball that engulfed several homes. That crash killed seven people, including all those aboard, and injured 19 others.
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Yahoo
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
