LANCASTER, Calif.—A tragic mid-air collision of two aircrafts in Los Angeles County on Sunday resulted in one fatality and one person escaping unharmed.
The incident took place around 12:50 p.m. Sunday, as reported by a watch commander at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Lancaster station.
One of the planes crashed near 47th Street East and Avenue F, while the other came down near 60th Street East and Avenue G, according to Capt. Sheila Kelliher of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
The identity of the deceased individual and which aircraft they were on remains unclear, with federal authorities launching an investigation into the cause of the crash.
“NTSB is investigating the midair collision of a Yakovlev Yak-52 and Nanchang CJ-6A near Lancaster, California,” the National Transportation Safety Board stated on Sunday afternoon.
The Yak-52 is a vintage Soviet-era aircraft, while the CJ-6A is a decades-old Chinese plane.
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