{"id":98348,"date":"2022-08-19T08:35:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T07:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=98348"},"modified":"2022-08-19T08:35:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T07:35:09","slug":"two-planes-collide-mid-air-at-california-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/two-planes-collide-mid-air-at-california-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Planes Collide Mid-Air At California Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Two small planes collided above an airport in California on Thursday, officials said, with multiple fatalities reported.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Federal aviation authorities said two people were on board a twin-engine Cessna 340, and one person was flying in a single-engine Cessna 152.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The planes \u201ccollided while the pilots were on their final approaches to Watsonville Municipal Airport,\u201d a small facility around 80 miles (130 kilomters) south of San Francisco.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The accident occurred while the pilots were on their final approaches to Watsonville Municipal Airport , California, a town of just more than 50,000 people located on Monterey Bay roughly 50 miles south of San Jose.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cNo injuries were reported to anyone on the ground,\u201d the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement to AFP.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The FAA statement did not specify whether all three people on board the planes had died.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The City of Watsonville\u2019s official social media accounts reported \u201cmultiple fatalities.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The National Transportation Safety Board will lead an investigation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two small planes collided above an airport in California on Thursday, officials said, with multiple fatalities reported. 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