The tragedy occurred on Thursday afternoon when two planes began their approach phase preparing, simultaneously, to land on the runway at Watsonville Airfield. The two devices then collided in the California sky. And the scare, reported by the Los Angeles Timescaused “several deaths”.
“Many institutions are mobilized at the Watsonville municipal airfield after two planes collided trying to land. Several deaths were reported. The report reached us at 2:56 p.m. The investigation is ongoing, ”the city council tweeted as a result of the events. accident. Below this caption, we can see a photo of one of the damaged machines, stored in a shed.
Two Cessna models
Because if the human cost of the tragedy remains uncertain, the models involved are known. He faced a Cessna 152 – a single-engine plane that appears to have had only its pilot as its sole passenger – and a Cessna 340 – a twin-engine plane carrying two people, according to information provided by the Federal Aviation Administration.
It is this same Federal Aviation Administration that is in charge of the investigation aimed at clarifying the circumstances of the accident, in coordination with the National Transportation Security Directorate.
Source: BFM TV
