Tag: plane crash
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Small plane crash reported east of Colorado Springs
A pilot walked away unscathed after a plane went down in eastern El Paso County Tuesday morning. The Cessna aircraft experienced an “off airport landing” south of the Meadow Lake Airport in Falcon and the pilot was walking around afterward, Dave Elliot, the airport’s manager, said. El Paso Count Sheriff’s Officer responded to the crash…
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One of El Paso County’s darkest days marks 30th anniversary
On the morning of March 3, 1991, a United Airlines jet approaching the Colorado Springs Airport after a brief flight from Denver crashed in Widefield Community Park, killing all 20 passengers and five crew members aboard. Later that night, in the attic of a Colorado Springs nursing home, an electrical spark turned into a rolling…