DENVER — One individual was killed and three others injured after two small planes collided in midair by the Fort Morgan Municipal Airport in northeast Colorado, authorities mentioned.
A Cessna 172 and an Additional Flugzeugbau EA300 collided whereas each pilots had been trying to land on Sunday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration mentioned in a press release. Two individuals had been aboard every airplane.
Emergency responders reported seeing “black smoke” and “energetic flames,” based on dispatch audio recorded on the web site Broadcastify. At the least one individual was “trapped in one of many planes,” based on the recording.
Footage from CNN affiliate KMGH reveals one of many two planes wrecked on the facet of a runway, surrounded by black ash and fluid.
The 2 occupants of the Cessna survived with minor accidents, the Morgan County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned in a put up on Fb. One occupant of the opposite airplane was pronounced lifeless on the scene and the second individual from that airplane was taken to the hospital.
Each the FAA and Nationwide Transportation Security Board are investigating. — CNN
