Amazing escape: Two planes collide mid-air near Denver, Colorado 13 May, 2021 06:50 PM 3 minutes to read Two planes collide mid-air near Denver, Colorado, no one injured. Video / AP Other By: Patty Nieberg 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.