Five people were killed when a small aircraft struck the tow cable of another airplane that was pulling a glider over Boulder on Saturday, fire officials and media reports.
Four people who died in the collision were aboard a Cirrus aircraft that hit the tow line, NBC affiliate KUSA of Denver reported. Another person on the tow plane also was killed.
A video on MSNBC taken by a witness showed a plane falling slowly to the ground trailing thick, black smoke and a parachute.
Bruce Mygatt of the Boulder, Colo., fire department said the glider was able to detach itself and glide back to the airport. He said the parachute was attached to the Cirrus.
"It's still a very chaotic situation," a Boulder County Sheriff's dispatcher told The Denver Post.
The collision resulted in three separate wreckage sites, authorities said.
Authorities we're trying to confirm how many people were flying in each of the planes
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