All three passengers traveling aboard two separate planes that crashed over Colorado miraculously escaped the midair collision without injury, officials said.
2 planes collide above Denver and land with no one injured
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DENVER (AP) 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.
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o injuries were reported after two planes collided midair over Cherry Creek State Park on Wednesday morning, South Metro Fire Rescue said.
A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said a Cirrus SR-22 with two occupants and a Swearingen Metroliner SA226TC with one occupant collided about four miles north of Centennial Airport about 10:25 a.m.
The National Transportation Safety Board said it appears the collision happened as both planes were in the process of landing.
The pilot of the Cirrus deployed the plane’s parachute and crashed in the park near East Belleview Avenue and South Peoria Street.
There were no fires or fuel spills, the Arapahoe County Sheriff s Office said, and both people onboard walked away from the crash without suffering any injuries.
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.