On Wednesday morning, two planes unexpectedly crashed in midair at Arizona’s Marana Airport, killing at least two passengers.
The Associated Press said that one of the planes crashed, leaving behind a mound of ashes and debris near to the runway, while the other jets made a safe landing.
Shortly after the planes crashed at 8:29 a.m. local time, a dense plume of black smoke was seen over the airport and surrounding area, and one of the affected airplanes appeared intact on the runway as police hurried to the site.
Two individuals were on board each plane at the time, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and it’s unclear how the other passengers are doing.
The two planes, a Cessna 172S and a Lancair 360 MK II, collided while ‘upwind of runway 12,’ one of the small regional airport’s two runways, according to the NTSB, which is looking into the crash.
Marana Regional Airport, outside Tucson, is classified as an uncontrolled airport by the FAA, which means it lacks an operational air traffic control tower.
The reoccurring crashes are the most recent in a series of aviation catastrophes that have afflicted the nation in recent weeks, including a horrific crash over Reagan International Airport last month that claimed 67 lives and was among the worst in recent US history.
For more information, DailyMail.com has gotten in touch with the authorities and Marana Airport.
About 30 miles away, Tucson International Airport uses Marana Regional Airport as a general aviation reliever airport.
As soon as the crash occurred, the airport was shut down.
According to its website, the airport has over 260 based aircraft and handles over 90,000 takeoffs and landings annually.
Despite lacking an air traffic control tower, the airport plans to build one by 2027.
After a series of crashes over US skies, the NTSB is already working on a number of additional inquiries.
Two days ago, a Delta passenger flight crashed at Toronto Pearson International Airport, the most recent incident.
Eighty people were left hanging upside down when the jet flipped over on an ice runway and caught fire, according to shocking video. No one was killed in the collision, but several were hurt.
Motley Crue singer Vince Neil’s private jet skidded off a runway at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona and collided with another aircraft just one week before to the Toronto accident.
In that occasion, the rocker’s girlfriend was hospitalized, and the pilot tragically died.
All ten passengers on board were eventually found dead when the plane crashed 34 miles southeast of Nome, Alaska, where it was supposed to land.
A six-person air ambulance crashed into a residential neighborhood on January 31 after plummeting from the sky above Pennsylvania.
All six people on board and one person on the ground perished in the disaster. Among the dead was a young girl who was returning home to Tijuana, Mexico, after undergoing life-saving surgery.
Small aircraft crashes are not unusual—more than 1,000 were reported in the US alone in 2023—but the recurrent incidents have alarmed the country’s aviation community.
Because one of the biggest aircraft tragedies in modern American history occurred on January 29, the aviation industry has come under special public scrutiny.
An American Airlines flight struck an Army Black Hawk helicopter over Reagan International Airport in another terrifying mid-air collision, killing 67 people. All occupants of the airliner and the helicopter perished in the crash.
