Cessnas Collide Midair; No Injuries

Two Small Planes Land Safely After Colliding Over Colorado

(CBS/AP)  Federal authorities say two small planes carrying a total of six people have collided in the air in western Colorado, but both landed safely and no injuries have been reported.

Allen Kenitzer of the Federal Aviation Administration says it's "truly one of those miracles" that no one was hurt.

The collision occurred Wednesday morning near Grand Junction, about 190 miles west of Denver.

Kenitzer says a Cessna 210 carrying four people landed at Grand Junction Regional Airport after the collision and a Cessna 180 with two people aboard landed somewhere off the airport.

One of the pilots described the midair collision as coming on suddenly, as if out of nowhere.

"All of a sudden, there was an airplane headed for us," Tom Haefeli, who was piloting one of the Cessnas, told CBS station KREX in Grand Junction. "We tried to dive under him and they just clipped us and took our vertical stabilizer off."

"Then we found out we had a little bit of control," said John Haefeli, a passenger in the same plane. "So we thought, might as well try to save it. So here we are."

[slim1h2o]

I think you mean,


Planes make miracle landings, after having the misfortune of colliding.........

[easeup-2009]

Overheard in the cockpit:

"LISTEN KID. I''ve been hearing that *** ever since I was at UCLA. I''m out there busting my buns every night. Tell your old man to drag Walton and Lanier up and down the court for 48 minutes."

[slim1h2o]

LOL

Yup, it''s like saying,,"It was a miracle that we had that flood and washed our house away". Now we can move!


LOL

[slim1h2o]

Overheard in the cockpit:

Have ever seen a grown man naked?

[pollroller1]

Maybe someone was becoming a member of the mile high club. LOL

[gop_will_win]

Everyone knows planes are held aloft by angels.

[slim1h2o]

Overheard in the cockpit:

What''s our vector, Victor?

What''s our clearance, Clarence?

[slim1h2o]

Overheard in the cockpit:

What''s our vector, Victor?

What''s our clearance, Clarence?

[mtminds]

Wow, A scary and chilling flight for certain. This could have been catastrophic.

As it is said, any landing you can walk away from is a good landing.

[u2playnice]

Everyone knows planes are held aloft by angels.
Posted by gop_will_win

I''ll bet Steve Fossett disagrees.

[questionnews]

slim1h2o

And one of my favorites:

"Billy, do you like gladiator movies?"

[amurguz]

What, does the frick''n Presidential Campaign have to do with two planes avoiding a mid-air collision? Have you people lost your minds?

[enlightenu]

gop_will_win, go back to your cave and keep on dreamin'''''''' dude-ess.

Posted by godseyesore at 04:55 PM : Oct 22, 2008

gop_will_win is a well known troll that posts stuff to sucker people. Most of the folks on this board have learned to ignor her/him because it''''s quite evident that what he/she posts is just bait for the fish.
Spit the hook & move on.

Posted by Questionnews at 05:03 PM : Oct 22, 2008

I think he''s hilarious. keep postin that *****

[heero78-2009]

when they landed one pilot called the other ''chickenshit''

[swingset4u]

Cessnas Collide Midair...

Shouldn''t this be Cessnas Clipped Midair