A midair collision over North Las Vegas Airport has left four dead, police say, after two aircraft inexplicably collided leaving no survivors.
The crash occurred at approximately noon Sunday, after two single-engine aircraft – each carrying two people – collided over an active runway.
Officials say that one of the planes had been preparing to land when it struck by the other aircraft, causing both to burst into flames.
Footage circulating online shows the mangled remains of one of the planes smoldering on the sun-scorched tarmac, and a thick plume of smoke billowing up into the sky.
The victims in the tragedy have yet to be named, but at least two of them had been piloting the small, personal aircrafts – a single-engine Piper PA-46 and a single-engine Cessna 172.
Police Sunday confirmed the fatalities, and say that the accident is currently under investigation by both the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Transportation Safety Board.
Daily Mail
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