On Saturday, two planes crashed in Boulder, Colorado, that killed three people. One plane was a single-seat Piper Pawnee that was towing a glider, in the crash, the pilot died. The pilot of the glider, which had two passengers, detached from the plane, and had a safe landing. On the second plane, a Cirrus SR 20, holding two passengers, died as well. There were reports of the crash, people said that they saw flames in the air that was 5 or less miles from the Boulder Municipal Airport. They also said that it looked like a fireball in the sky,
referring to the crash. In the article, Jennifer Rodi, who is an air safety investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, stated that pilot in the glider saw that the planes were going to crash and he chose to separate the tow strap from the Piper Pawnee. She also stated that the Cirrus was going south and the Pawnee was going west when they collided. The Cirrus aircraft has an airframe parachute system that sets off when there is an in-air emergency.
It is sad that people died in this crash. What i want to know, though, is why did they crash? The article just said that the two planes crashed, but not what caused it. If there was a problem with fight systems, hopefully that it can be fixed so that this does not happen again. If there was something like a wire or some sort of object in one plane's way that made it change its path, then that object might need to be moved or have something done so it doesn't lead to another crash. I hope that the families of those who died are hanging in there.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/06/colorado.plane.collision/index.html?eref=rss_topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+Top+Stories%29
I have the same question: how did these planes crash? It said nothing about any odd weather or malfunction so I would really like to know how they crashed. I mean, if you are flying in the air you would think that you would see if a plane was coming at you and you would be able to avoid it. And if the crash happened on the ground or duing landing then what went wrong there? You would hope that flight systems work better than that. I also hope that those in charge of timig the incoming of flights were not to blame. That would be very bad because we don't want the people that are in charge of air traffic making this huge of a mistake. I really hope that they find out what went wrong and they correct it. I hope that the families of those who died get the answers they deserve.
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