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Planes collide at Roanoke airport

03:53 PM CDT on Thursday, May 15, 2008

WFAA.com Staff

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A close-up view shows that there appears to be no damage to either cockpit.


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ROANOKE — Two single-engine planes tangled in an improbable crash at Northwest Regional Airport in Roanoke Thursday afternoon.

One plane was reportedly taxiing into position for takeoff on the airport's single runway when a second aircraft came down right on top of it.

The end result looks like a perfectly-planned stunt from a James Bond movie.

The landing gear of the second plane — with a student pilot and instructor in the cockpit — became wedged in the wings of the first plane and they were locked together at an odd angle. The plane on the bottom remained on the runway; the one on top has its propeller interlocked with the first and its tail angled toward the sky.

No injuries were reported.

News 8 has learned that the two pilots are neighbors. Prior to the accident, the pilots talked to one another on the radio; each apparently thought the other had agreed to yield.

Northwest Regional Airport is located three miles from the Texas Motor Speedway and bills itself as the largest privately-owned airport in the U.S.

WFAA-TV reporter Jason Whitely in Roanoke contributed to this report.

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