Arizona plane crash kills 2 in midair collision at Marana Airport

(CBS News) —- At least two people have died after two small planes crashed midair Wednesday in Arizona, officials said.

The collision occurred at 8:25 a.m. local time at the Marana Regional Airport in Arizona, the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday. The two planes that collided were both smaller fixed-wing single-engine planes, one a Lancair and the other a Cessna.

Each plane was carrying two passengers and the two who died were on the same aircraft, according to a spokesperson for the town of Marana. The other two people were uninjured.

The two aircrafts collided while “upwind of runway 12,” the National Transportation Safety Board said. The Cessna did not successfully land and the Lancair “impacted terrain near runway 3 and a post-impact fire ensued.”

Neither aircraft was based out of Marana Regional Airport, officials said.

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