Crime & Safety
2 Planes Collide Midair At North Las Vegas Airport; 4 Dead
Two small planes collided midair as one tried to land at a Las Vegas airport, officials said.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV — Two small planes collided mid-air as one tried to land at a Las Vegas airport, leaving four people dead.
A single-engine Piper PA-46 collided with a single-engine Cessna 172 around noon Sunday at North Las Vegas Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
"Preliminary information indicates that the Piper PA-46 was preparing to land when it collided with the Cessna 172," the FAA said in a statement. "The Piper crashed into ... a field east of Runway 30-Right and the Cessna fell into a water retention pond."
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Two people in each plane died, fire officials said. Their identities weren't immediately released.
The National Transportation Safety Board and FAA will investigate the cause of the crash.
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Video posted on social media showed heavy orange flames and thick black smoke billowing out of the wreckage.
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