In article 2008012019394416807-christophercampbell@hotmailcom,
C J Campbell wrote:
That fact that it is extremely rare probably does not make anyone
involved feel any better about it.

There were four souls lost in the collision between a 152 and a 172. AP
and CNN say one of them was in a car in the ground and the rest on
board the planes. UPI says two of the victims were on the ground. I
suppose it will take some time to straighten out what happened.

Tragic. The longer I am a pilot, the more it seems to grieve me to hear
of things like this.
--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor


Indeed.

Based on the limited information that has come out thus far, both aircraft
appeared to have been in the Corona, CA area, which is fairly congested
airspace both due to the presence of the Corona airport (AJO) and because
it's a commonly used corridor around the Class C airspace associated
with John Wayne (SNA), Ontario (ONT) and Riverside (RIV).

You are correct in that despite of the rarity of such an event (as evident
by the fact that it made national news - when was the late time a fatal
car crash made national news?), it is still a terrible tragidy.

-- Dane