Just before 9 a.m., emergency responders received calls about two planes colliding in midair east of Niwot, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. Two separate crash sites were found.
Three people died Saturday morning when two airplanes collided over Boulder County and crashed, according to the sheriff’s office.
One plane crashed near the 10,000 block of Niwot Road on the south side, the sheriff’s office said. Two people onboard were dead. The other downed plane was found in the 9,700 block of Niwot Road on the north side. The pilot of the plane was dead. The two planes involved were described by National Transportation Safety Board investigators as a Cessna 172 and a Sonex Xenos aircraft. The Sonex Xenos is a light, aluminum, low-wing homebuilt aircraft that seats two. The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is a popular single-engine aircraft that seats four.
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