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Authorities: 2 planes collide in Colorado, 3 die
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February 7, 2010, Sunday
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AN airplane towing a glider collided with another plane yesterday afternoon in Colorado, sending both propellor-driven planes crashing to the ground and killing at least three people, authorities said.
One of the aircraft clipped the towline of a plane that had been pulling a glider, Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown said.
The glider disconnected from the plane just before the second plane hit the tow rope, Boulder County sheriff's office spokesman Rick Brough said.
"The two planes did collide, they caught fire midair and fell to the ground," he said.
The glider landed safely - with no injuries to anyone on board - at a nearby airport just after the planes made impact, authorities said.
An amateur video shot at the scene showed a plane on fire, floating to the ground trailing thick, black smoke and a parachute.
One witness, Christian Sterner, said he saw two big balls of flames, including one attached to a parachute that fell slowly to the ground.
Brough said the parachute was designed to assist one of the aircraft and was attached to plane wreckage, not a pilot or passenger.
Other witnesses reported smoldering wreckage in at least three areas on the prairie north of Boulder, which sits at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Aquina Rogers, a worker at a storage facility in the area, said she could see a wing in one of the wreckage fields.
NTSB field investigator Jennifer Rodi said "We understand the glider went through a fireball after the impact."
The three dead came from both of the planes that crashed, Brough said. Authorities were trying to confirm how many people were flying in the planes.
One of the aircraft clipped the towline of a plane that had been pulling a glider, Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Laura Brown said.
The glider disconnected from the plane just before the second plane hit the tow rope, Boulder County sheriff's office spokesman Rick Brough said.
"The two planes did collide, they caught fire midair and fell to the ground," he said.
The glider landed safely - with no injuries to anyone on board - at a nearby airport just after the planes made impact, authorities said.
An amateur video shot at the scene showed a plane on fire, floating to the ground trailing thick, black smoke and a parachute.
One witness, Christian Sterner, said he saw two big balls of flames, including one attached to a parachute that fell slowly to the ground.
Brough said the parachute was designed to assist one of the aircraft and was attached to plane wreckage, not a pilot or passenger.
Other witnesses reported smoldering wreckage in at least three areas on the prairie north of Boulder, which sits at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Aquina Rogers, a worker at a storage facility in the area, said she could see a wing in one of the wreckage fields.
NTSB field investigator Jennifer Rodi said "We understand the glider went through a fireball after the impact."
The three dead came from both of the planes that crashed, Brough said. Authorities were trying to confirm how many people were flying in the planes.
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