At least two people were killed when two single-engine aircraft collided at an airport in the US state of Arizona, the Marana Police Department said on Facebook.
The collision happened in the air at Marana airport. At around 8:30 a.m. local time on Wednesday, two aircraft – a Lancair 360 MK II and a Cessna 172S – collided with each other, the US Federal Aviation Administration specified.
Traffic is not controlled at the airfield in question and there is no operational control tower, NBC reports. According to the TV channel, there were at least two people in both planes.
The crash follows a series of recent aviation incidents that began with a mid-air collision on January 29 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport that killed 67 people. A collision between a military helicopter and an American Airlines regional jet killed 67 people.
In mid-February, a Bombardier Learjet crashed into a Gulfstream 2100 business jet at Scottsdale Airport, also in Arizona. Upon landing, the aircraft rolled off the runway and into a standing Gulfstream 2100.
As a result, one person died and another was trapped in one of the aircraft. The three injured were hospitalised and the runway was closed for a while.
