A pilot was killed and another person was injured Sunday afternoon in a mid-air collision nearby Los Angeles, California, said the police.
Officials confirmed that a Yakovlev Yak 52 collided with a Nanchang CJ-6A near Lancaster, about an hour and a half north of Los Angeles, around
Two small planes collided mid-air near Los Angeles over the weekend. (SkyFox)
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The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD) confirmed to Fox News Digital that the collision resulted in a death. LASD did not confirm if there were other passengers on board.
Lancaster is about an hour and a half’s drive north of Los Angeles. (SkyFox)
One of the planes landed in the area of 47th Street East and Avenue F; the other landed in the area of 60th Street East and Avenue G, FOX 11 reported, quotes Sheila Kelliher of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
The sun sets behind the Joshua Trees in Lancaster, California. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)
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Investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board were expected to arrive at the scene Monday to gather information. Lancaster deputies were on scene to assist with traffic and street closures.