{"id":51489,"date":"2025-02-19T16:30:51","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T21:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=51489"},"modified":"2025-02-19T16:30:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T21:30:51","slug":"mid-air-collision-between-small-planes-in-arizona-leaves-2-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/mid-air-collision-between-small-planes-in-arizona-leaves-2-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-air collision between small planes in Arizona leaves 2 dead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At least two people have died following a mid-air collision between two small planes in Southern Arizona, according to officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Lancair and a Cessna 172 collided midair near Marana Regional Airport around 8:25 a.m. on Wednesday, according to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Two people were on board each aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least two fatalities have been confirmed, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MaranaPoliceDepartment\/posts\/pfbid0VSojQntda8Kq3my9GQKr2iogyFjLxnD8vgQJqT9LdZrXzc1pZACavAyNmwR38tAJl\">according<\/a> to the Marana Police Department, which stated that both aircraft were small, fixed-wing, single-engine planes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local police and federal aviation officials are investigating the incident, but no cause of the collision has been reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The town of Marana is located in Pima County, Arizona, just northwest of Tucson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 Midair Collision in Arizona\ud83d\udea8<br><br>A tragic morning at Marana Regional Airport<br><br>Two small planes collided midair<br><br>A Cessna 172S managed to land after the collision but Lancair 360 crashed in flames, killing at least two. <br><br>With no control tower, pilots had to rely on radio\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fdGtbB0TTS\">pic.twitter.com\/fdGtbB0TTS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Taymur Malik (@Taymur959) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Taymur959\/status\/1892313663853191218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 19, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least two people have died following a mid-air collision between two small planes in Southern Arizona, according to officials. 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