One person was killed in an L.A. plane collision on Monday. Two planes collided in midair over South California and the pilot of one of the planes was killed when he crashed into a rocky ridge.
A fire broke out when one of the planes crashed in the rocky terrain of Calabasas. Firefighters responded to the fire and saw the aircraft debris. After putting out the fire, they began to search for survivors and rescuers found the body of one person, who happened to be the pilot. It is believed he was the only on on board in that crash, the Associated Press reports.
The other plane involved in the collision managed to belly-flop and land on a nearby golf course. Three people were on that plane. They only sustained minor injuries, but the scene stunned golfers on the fairway.
Aaron Jesse, 47, decided to leave work a little early to enjoy a round at the Westlake Golf Course with friends. He watched as the low-flying plane hit a tree, spun about 180 degrees, and miraculously landed gently on the course.
"Finally being a bad golfer paid off," Jesse told the Los Angeles Times. "I hit it in the trees to the right. They landed 50 feet to the left of us in the center of the fairway. All we heard was a thud and then he made a gentle bounce and
slid down the center of the fairway."
According to Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer, the planes seemed to have collided shortly after 2 p.m. when they were crossing paths.
The plane that landed on the golf course was a a single-engine Cessna 172 and was only flying at 3,500 feet when the other Cessna 172 approached it after leaving Santa Monica Airport on a test flight.
The golf-course plane, a single-engine Cessna 172 registered to Ameriflyers of Florida, LLC, was flying west at an altitude of 3,500 feet when the second plane, also a Cessna 172, approached from the east after leaving Santa Monica Airport for a test flight.
The National Transportation Safety Board and FAA are investigating to find how the collision occurred.
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