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Two planes collide above Denver, land with no one injured
'Every one of these pilots needs to go buy a lottery ticket right now,' said an Arapahoe County sheriff's deputy.
By PATTY NIEBERGAssociated Press
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DENVER— Two small airplanes collided in the air near Denver, leaving one aircraft nearly ripped in half and forcing the other’s pilot to deploy a parachute. Remarkably, both planes landed safely and no one was injured, officials said.
Both planes were getting ready to land at a small regional airport in a Denver suburb on Wednesday when they collided, according to the National Transportation Safety Board and South Metro Fire Rescue.