Midair in Corona, California

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4 Dead as Planes Collide in Calif.

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: January 20, 2008

Filed at 9:25 p.m. ET

CORONA, Calif. (AP) -- Two private planes flying about a mile from an airport collided Sunday, killing at least four people and raining debris down on car dealerships below, authorities said.

The small Cessnas collided at 3:35 p.m. near the small Corona Municipal airport and a freeway in Riverside County, about 45 miles southeast of Los Angeles, FAA spokesman Allen Kenitzer said.

Three of the dead were from the planes and the fourth was in a car hit by debris on the ground, Kenitzer said.

Debris fell on car dealerships, and television pictures showed that the smashed fuselage of one of the planes landed atop a parked car.

''The smaller aircraft ... just disintegrated into pieces, maybe fifty pieces coming down,'' eyewitness Jeff Hardin told KABC-TV. ''The other aircraft pretty much stayed intact and started spiraling down.''

''We're going through the dealerships to make sure everyone's accounted for and nobody's injured,'' Corona Police Sgt. Jerry Pawluczenko said.
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*sigh*

-Skip
 
It was only a matter of time. Everyone at AJO expected a fatal crash. On any given wknd there are several sporty in flight incursions. It's a veritable flying circus there.

Side note: Since earlier this year until mid-Feb there are 6 Air Tractors based there for reseeding after the brush fires. 100 ops per day is what I remember.
 
Richard said:
It was only a matter of time. Everyone at AJO expected a fatal crash. On any given wknd there are several sporty in flight incursions. It's a veritable flying circus there.

Side note: Since earlier this year until mid-Feb there are 6 Air Tractors based there for reseeding after the brush fires. 100 ops per day is what I remember.
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What's an "in flight incursion"?
 
What is a brain fart, Alex?

It's all I could think of when I typed it. What I meant was "near hit".
 
I wonder what kind of planes the "two small Cessnas" will turn out to be? Edit - looks like "small cessnas" was actually correct this time

Don't we have a Viking driver on the board based out of Corona?
 
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Re: Two down near LA - 5 dead

Bah, so I'm blind...
 
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