At least two people were killed when two planes collided while trying to land at an airport in Northern California on Thursday afternoon, officials said.
The planes, a twin-engine Cessna 340 and a single-engine Cessna 152, collided shortly before 3 p.m. over the Watsonville Municipal Airport, according to city officials.
The two planes were carrying a total of three people, but it is unclear if there were any survivors.
Two people were aboard the Cessna 340, which flipped into the wing of the Cessna 152, causing the smaller plane to crash into the edge of the airfield, according to the Federal Aviation Agency and a witness.
The city-owned airport, which has four runways and is home to more than 300 aircraft, handles more than 55,000 operations a year — mostly recreational or agricultural businesses. It also doesn’t have a control tower to direct pilots coming and going.
Otherwise, the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash.
