No injuries after two planes collide midair over Denver
In an amazing stroke of skill, luck or both, everyone involved in a mid-air collision was able to walk away from their accident. The incident left one plane nearly ripped in half.
While one plane landed at the airport, the other unleashed a parachute for a safe landing.
Two small airplanes collided mid-air over Cherry Creek State Park, southeast of Denver in the US state of Colorado, on Wednesday. Both planes were set to land at a regional airport when they collided.
The collision left one plane nearly ripped in half, while the other plane deployed a parachute to land safely.
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DENVER – Two small airplanes collided in midair Wednesday near Denver, leaving one aircraft nearly ripped in half and forcing the pilot of the other to deploy a parachute attached to the plane to land safely. Remarkably, no one was injured, officials said.
Both planes were getting ready to land at a small regional airport in a Denver suburb when they collided mid-morning, according to the National Transportation Safety Board and South Metro Fire Rescue. Every one of these pilots needs to go buy a lottery ticket right now, Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Deputy John Bartmann said. I don’t remember anything like this especially everybody walking away. I mean that’s the amazing part of this.
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