Sept. 1 (UPI) -- One person is dead and three others were injured following a midair collision between two planes that were attempting to land at a northeastern Colorado airport over the weekend, authorities and officials said.
The collision involved a Cessna 172 and an Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 at about 10:40 a.m. MDT Sunday at Fort Morgan Municipal Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which, along with the National Transportation Safety Board, is investigating the crash.
Fort Morgan, a city of about 11,800 people, is located roughly 80 miles northeast of Denver.
The FAA said there were two people aboard each small plane, and that the planes collided while attempting to land at the airport.
The Morgan County Sheriff's Office said the Cessna was on final approach when it was struck by the Extra Flugzeugbau.
