A Cessna aircraft carrying two people onboard has reportedly gone down in Lancaster. The incident unfolded Sunday afternoon at 50 Street East and East Avenue E and prompted the Los Angeles County Fire Department to respond. This is a breaking news story. More information will be added as soon as it becomes available.

“A single-engine Nanchang CJ-6 and single-engine Yakovlev Yak-52 collided in mid-air near Lancaster, California, around 1 p.m. local time on Sunday, Sept. 22,” the Federal Aviation Administration wrote in a statement. “Only the pilots were on board the aircraft. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will investigate.”

Authorities say a mid-air collision with two planes resulted in one person being killed in Lancaster. The crash unfolded Sunday afternoon in the area of 50 Street East and East Avenue E. According to the Los Angeles County Fire Department,

One pilot died when two small planes collided mid-air in Lancaster on Sunday. Joy Benedict reports from the scene.