One particular person was killed and three others injured after two small planes collided in midair by the Fort Morgan Municipal Airport in northeast Colorado, authorities stated.
A Cessna 172 and an Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 collided whereas each pilots had been making an attempt to land on Sunday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration stated in a press release. Two individuals had been aboard every airplane.
Emergency responders reported seeing “black smoke” and “active flames,” in line with dispatch audio recorded on the web site Broadcastify. At least one particular person was “trapped in one of the planes,” in line with the recording.
Footage from NCS affiliate KMGH exhibits one of many two planes wrecked on the facet of a runway, surrounded by black ash and fluid.
The two occupants of the Cessna survived with minor accidents, the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office stated in a put up on Facebook. One occupant of the opposite airplane was pronounced useless at the scene and the second particular person from that airplane was taken to the hospital.
Both the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.