2 dead after planes collide over McKinney

Planes collide mid-air over McKinney

WFAA 7:21 PM. CST December 31, 2016

MCKINNEY -- Two people are dead after two small planes collided mid-air over McKinney.

The Federal Aviation Administration confirms the crash happened near Aero Country Airport, in the 500 block of North Custer Road near Virginia, just after 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

"Both aircraft were flying under Visual Flight Rules and were not in contact with air traffic control at the time of the collision," Lynn Lunsford with the FAA said.

WFAA viewer Chad Bloemker sent us this video from the scene:

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Bloemker tells WFAA he was driving north on Custer Road when he saw the two planes collide. One of them came down spiraling nose-first, he said. He said the planes were flying low to the ground, and they crashed in a very populated area. Witnesses say one of the planes crashed in the parking lot of a Home Depot.

By 6 p.m. the fire from the plane in the video had been put out by crews, Bloemker said.