Federal officials say two airplanes collided in midair near Denver on Wednesday and there were no injuriesDENVER -- 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. 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. “Every one of these pilots needs to go buy a lottery ticket right now,” Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Deputy John Bartmann said. The plane is owned by a Colorado-based company called Key Lime Air that operates cargo aircraft. The National Transportation Safety Board said in a tweet it was sending staff to investigate the incident.

Source: ABC News May 13, 2021 01:39 UTC