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Two planes crash mid-air near L.A., killing pilot. One lands just yards from woman and granddaughter

Carla Sinclair
Sep 23, 2024
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Vintage Yakovlev Yak - 52 aircraft in flight with smoke trail; photo by Martin Charles Hatch / shutterstock.com

Two small planes collided mid-air near Lancaster, California — just outside of Los Angeles — on Sunday, killing one of the plane's pilot. Both planes were flown by a solo pilot and, fortunately, had nobody else on board.

One of the single-engine…

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