Amazing : Pilots, passenger uninjured after midair crash
By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press
DENVER (AP) â The pilot of an airplane that collided with another midair near Denver requested emergency landing for engine failure, not knowing that his plane was nearly ripped in half, according to air traffic control audio. Miraculously, both planes landed and no one was hurt, officials said.
The planes were getting ready to land at a small regional airport in a Denver suburb on Wednesday when they collided, according to the National Transportation Safety Board and South Metro Fire Rescue.
The pilot that requested emergency landing was the only person aboard a twin-engine Fairchild Metroliner that landed at Centennial Airport despite major damage to its tail section. The plane is owned by a Colorado-based Key Lime Air, which operates cargo aircraft.
Two planes collide in the air, land with no one injured
AP/Denver Filed on May 13, 2021
This image from CBS Denver shows a Key Lime Air Metroliner that landed safely at Centennial Airport after a mid-air collision near Denver on Wednesday. AP
Federal officials say two airplanes collided in the air near Denver and were able to land without injuries
Two small airplanes collided in the air near Denver, leaving one aircraft nearly ripped in half and forcing the other’s pilot to deploy a parachute. Remarkably, both planes landed safely and no one was injured, officials said.
Both planes were getting ready to land at a small regional airport in a Denver suburb on Wednesday when they collided, according to the National Transportation Safety Board and South Metro Fire Rescue.
Deputy John Bartmann/Arapahoe County Sheriff s Office and Joe Amon/The Denver Post/Getty
A mid-air collision occurred on Wednesday as two aircraft approached Centennial Airport near Denver.
A private Cirrus SR-22 and Swearingen Metroliner SA226TC of Key Lime Air were involved.
Both aircraft landed safely, with the Cirrus deploying its parachute and floating to the ground.
Two aircraft were involved in a mid-air collision Wednesday morning as they approached Centennial Airport near Denver, Colorado, the Federal Aviation Administration and Arapahoe County Sheriff s Office said.
One aircraft, a Swearingen Metroliner SA226TC twin-engine aircraft operated by Key Lime Air, was arriving from Salida, Colorado when the collision occurred, FlightAware data shows. Only the pilot was onboard the 43-year-old plane, which was likely performing a cargo flight.
By Pilar Wolfsteller2021-05-12T19:20:00+01:00
Two aircraft collided over Colorado on 12 May, with both landing safely despite extensive damage.
The FAA confirms on 12 May that the mid-air collision involved a Cirrus SR-22 with two passengers aboard, and a Key Lime Air Fairchild (Swearingen) Metroliner SA226TC, with just one pilot aboard.
It occurred 4 miles north of Centennial Airport, which is about 30 miles south of Denver International airport, at about 10:25 local time.
Source: / Twitter
A badly damaged jet lands safely after being involved in a mid-air collision on 12 May 2021
“The pilot of the Cirrus deployed the aircraft’s parachute and landed in a nearby. The pilot of the Metroliner landed at Centennial airport,” the FAA says in a preliminary statement. “We have no reports of people on the ground being injured. The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate.”
There were no injuries reported after two airplanes collided mid-air over Cherry Creek State Park, leading one of them to crash in a field and another to land safely at a nearby airport, officials said Wednesday.