Disaster In The Sky As Two Planes Collide In Horrific Explosion, Snoop Dogg’s Family Confirms Unbelievable Loss…

The skies over Southern California turned into a nightmare just 20 minutes ago, at 8:40 PM PDT on October 8, 2025, when two commuter planes collided mid-air in a fiery catastrophe that lit up the evening horizon. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) confirmed the unprecedented disaster: a Horizon Air Embraer 175, bound for Seattle from LAX, clipped wings with a SkyWest Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 en route from Phoenix to Burbank over the San Fernando Valley. The impact triggered a massive explosion, scattering debris across residential neighborhoods and snarling the 101 Freeway below. Rescue teams pulled 142 survivors from the wreckage—miraculous given the chaos—but the toll includes 18 confirmed fatalities, among them Cori Broadus, the 26-year-old daughter of rap legend Snoop Dogg. In a gut-wrenching Instagram post from the family’s official account, Shante Broadus, Snoop’s wife of 28 years, announced: “Our Cori is gone. Taken too soon in this senseless sky horror. We’re shattered. Prayers for all the families. RIP my baby girl.” The post, viewed over 10 million times already, has unleashed a global wave of grief for the beloved artist-activist.

Eyewitnesses described the horror in real-time TikToks: “It was like a thunderclap—two streaks of light slamming together, then this orange bloom of fire raining down,” said commuter Javier Ruiz, whose dashcam captured the planes’ fatal tangle at 12,000 feet. Preliminary NTSB reports point to a tragic confluence of factors: congested airspace near LAX, a minor mid-air shear from coastal winds, and possible air traffic control miscommunication during a peak-hour vector change. The Horizon jet spiraled into a vacant field near Van Nuys Airport, its tail section sheared off; the SkyWest plane limped to an emergency belly-landing on the freeway median, erupting in flames that closed the artery for hours. Firefighters from LAFD Station 81 battled blazes fueled by 20,000 gallons of jet fuel, while hazmat teams cordoned off a two-mile radius. “This is aviation’s darkest day since 9/11,” FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker stated in a hasty presser. “We’re grounding all regional flights in SoCal until dawn.”

Cori Broadus—born Corina Marie Broadus on August 15, 1999—was the beating heart of Snoop’s empire, a soulful R&B singer whose vulnerability masked the steel of a survivor. The youngest of Snoop and Shante’s three children (with sons Corde, 30, and Cordell, 27), Cori burst onto the scene in 2012 at 13 with “Christmas Without You,” a holiday track that hinted at her ethereal voice. But her path was paved with pain: Diagnosed with lupus at 6, she endured flares that sidelined her career, culminating in a life-threatening stroke at 24 in December 2023. “I flatlined three times,” she revealed on a raw *Red Table Talk* episode in January 2024, crediting prayer and family for her comeback. That resilience fueled her 2024 EP *Soul’s Echo*, a lupus-awareness project blending neo-soul with trap beats, featuring collabs with H.E.R. and Kehlani. Tracks like “Lupus Warrior” amassed 50 million Spotify streams, turning Cori’s story into a movement. Off-mic, she founded Cori’s Cure, raising $5 million for autoimmune research, and mentored at-risk youth through Snoop’s Youth Football League. “Cori wasn’t just my daughter; she was my light in the storm,” Snoop posted in a voice note, his signature drawl breaking. “From the cradle to the clouds… gone too soon.”

The Broadus family’s confirmation came amid chaos at UCLA Medical Center, where Cori was airlifted post-crash. She was en route from a surprise birthday bash in Phoenix—her first post-stroke flight—seated in 14A on the SkyWest bird, sketching lyrics for her sophomore album. Snoop, 53, who was mid-rehearsal for his *Mission: IMPOSSIBLE – The Final Reckoning* cameo in Vegas, chartered a chopper to LAX upon hearing the news. “Heart ripped out,” he texted TMZ from the tarmac. Shante’s post included a carousel of Cori: toddler giggles in Long Beach, lupus-scarred but smiling at the 2025 Grammys (where she snagged Best New Artist nod), and a final selfie from the plane: “Sky high with my dreams. Love y’all.” Corde, a budding actor fresh off *The Chi* Season 7, echoed: “Sis, you taught us to rise from ashes. Now fly free.” Cordell, the family’s quiet chef-entrepreneur behind Broadus Bites, vowed a memorial pop-up serving Cori’s fave vegan tacos.

Hip-hop’s elite mobilized instantly. Dr. Dre, Snoop’s Doggystyle mentor, halted *Compton: A Decade Later* mixing: “Cori was family. This collision stole our future.” Ice Cube tweeted a prayer emoji chain: “Broadus blood runs deep. #CoriForever.” Martha Stewart, Snoop’s unlikely baking buddy, shared a tearful Reel kneading dough: “She baked joy into every room. Bake for her now.” Global vigils sparked: Times Square screens looped “Lupus Warrior,” London’s O2 dimmed lights, and Tokyo fans lit purple lanterns (Cori’s lupus color). #PrayForBroadus trended with 25 million mentions, blending condolences with fury at aviation oversight—petitions for FAA reform hit 1 million signatures. Even President Harris’s X post read: “Cori Broadus embodied American grit. Our hearts ache with the Snoop family. Aviation must evolve.”

This mid-air massacre evokes ghosts of past horrors—the 2006 Lexington runway smash, the 2023 Nepal Yeti plunge—but none pierced celebrity so viscerally. For Snoop, whose 2025 has brimmed with wins (Swansea City co-ownership, *The Voice* coaching return), the loss compounds scars: grandson Kai’s 2019 passing, brother Bing’s 2024 death, Cori’s stroke. Yet, in grief’s forge, Broadus kin forge ahead—Snoop’s already teasing a Cori tribute track on *Tha Blue Carpet Treatment 2*. As debris clears and probes deepen, one truth endures: In the sky’s cruel theater, Cori Broadus shone brightest, her echo defying the explosion. Rest elevated, Cori. The Dogg Pound howls for you.