Multiple people killed after two planes crash in midair while trying to land

Multiple people are dead after two planes collided over a California airport, authorities said Thursday. 

At around 3 p.m. local time, a single-engine Cessna 152 with one person on board and a twin-engine Cessna 340 with two people on board collided as they were attempting to land at Watsonville Municipal Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. 

The Watsonville Fire Department confirmed there were multiple casualties in the collision. The identities of those killed were not immediately released.