Aircraft used by Army's Golden Knights parachute team collides with civilian craft

MARANA, Ariz. - An aircraft used by the Army&#39;s Golden Knights parachute team collided Friday with a civilian aircraft during a training mission near a rural airport, military officials said. <br> <br> The officials said they didn&#39;t know whether there had been any casualties or how many people were aboard the planes. <br> <br> Aerial footage shot by a television news helicopter showed the wreckage of a small plane in the desert about a mile east of Marana Airport. The video did not make clear whether second plane crashed and military officials had no immediate comment. <br> <br> Emergency personnel could be seen in the area but there were no signs any of them were going through the wreckage. <br> <br> The Golden Knights, the Army&#39;s parachute team, are based out of Fort Bragg, N.C., but had been conducting training at the Marana Airport, about 20 miles north of Tucson, said Douglas Smith, an Army Recruiting Command spokesman. <br> <br> He said the team does its training out of Arizona during the winter. <br> <br> Marana Airport Manager Roger Dougan confirmed there had been a crash but did not give any details. <br> <br> Friday&#39;s collision was the second accident around the Marana Airport involving a military aircraft in two years. <br> <br> In April 2000, a Marine Osprey, a plane that can take off and land like a helicopter and fly like an airplane, crashed there, killing all 19 Marines aboard. <br> <br>

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