On this picture taken from video, aircraft particles seen from above at Marana Regional Airport after a lethal crash in Marana, Ariz. on Wednesday, Feb 19, 2025. (KNXV by way of AP)
A midair collision involving two small planes in southern Arizona killed two folks Wednesday morning, authorities stated.
Federal air-safety investigators stated every aircraft had two folks aboard once they collided close to Marana Regional Airport on the outskirts of Tucson.
One aircraft landed uneventfully and the opposite hit the bottom close to a runway and caught hearth, the Nationwide Transportation Security Board stated, citing preliminary info earlier than its investigators had arrived.
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The Marana Police Division confirmed that the 2 folks killed have been aboard one plane and stated responders didn’t have an opportunity to supply medical therapy. Sgt. Vincent Rizzi stated the 2 folks on the opposite aircraft have been unhurt.
The municipal hearth division helped extinguish flames, Rizzi stated.
The collision got here greater than every week after a aircraft crash in Scottsdale killed certainly one of two pilots of a non-public jet owned by Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil. That plane veered off a runway and hit a enterprise jet.
It additionally adopted 4 main aviation disasters which have occurred in North America within the final month. The newest concerned a Delta jet that flipped on its roof whereas touchdown in Toronto and the lethal crash of a commuter aircraft in Alaska.
In late January, 67 folks have been killed in a midair collision in Washington, D.C., involving an American Airways passenger jet and an Military helicopter, marking america’ deadliest aviation catastrophe since 2001. Only a day later, a medical transport jet with a toddler affected person, her mom and 4 others aboard crashed right into a Philadelphia neighborhood on Jan. 31, exploding in a fireball that engulfed a number of properties. That crash killed seven folks, together with all these aboard, and injured 19 others.
The airport in Marana has two intersecting runways and operates with out an air visitors management tower.
A multimillion-dollar venture was underway to construct a tower however delays as a result of COVID-19 pandemic pushed again building. Tens of 1000’s of flights arrive and depart from the airport yearly.
Most airports within the U.S. do not need air visitors management towers, solely these with industrial visitors coming in.
At these airspaces, pilots use a delegated radio channel to announce intentions for touchdown and taking off, stated Jeff Guzzetti, an airline security marketing consultant and a former Federal Aviation Administration and NTSB investigator.
Simply because an airport doesn’t have a management tower doesn’t imply it’s unsafe, he stated.
“All of the pilots ought to be broadcasting on this widespread visitors advisory frequency. And there’s additionally a accountability to see and keep away from. Every pilot is accountable to see and keep away from so that they don’t collide with one another,” Guzzetti stated.
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