2 People Killed in Plane Collision in Florida

TITUSVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities say two people are dead after an experimental aircraft and another plane collided at a central Florida airport. Two others are injured.

Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Warren Woodberry says the planes collided early Saturday morning at Arthur Dunn Airport in Titusville. It was not immediately clear how the planes collided.

Titusville emergency rescue spokesman Scott Gaenicke says the planes were found off the runway in flames.

Gaenicke says two people with severe burns have been rescued from one aircraft and airlifted to an Orlando hospital. He says two occupants of the second plane are dead.

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Two people, names, age and sex unknown, were rescued from one aircraft and were flown to Orlando Regional Medical Center. Both had severe burns, Gaenicke said.

Two occupants of a second plane, also unidentified, were killed and were believed to have died upon impact, Gaenicke said.

The local chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association was hosting its monthly pancake breakfast at the airpark Saturday, and the planes were believed to have been at the airport for that event.

Gaenicke said the first plane that contained the two people who were killed was on the ground; the second plane was circling and was attemtping to land and collided with the other plane.

Both planes were home built aircraft.

2 Killed, 2 Injured In Airpark Crash