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Published February 06, 2010, 12:00 AM

Photo Gallery: Cirrus plane crash in Boulder, Colo.


Witnesses reported seeing the fireball and a parachute near the intersection of Broadway and U.S. 36. (Photo by Shano Kelley)

  • Witnesses reported seeing the fireball and a parachute near the intersection of Broadway and U.S. 36. (Photo by Shano Kelley)
  • Shano Kelley saw a parachute open but said it appeared it was entangled in debris. (Photo by Shano Kelley)
  • In Saturday's collision, a witness said, the parachute deployed. (Photo by Shano Kelley)
  • The Cirrus SR20 was engulfed in flames when it struck the ground, said Jennifer Rodi, who's leading the NTSB investigation. (Photo by Shano Kelley)
  • Investigators survey the scene of a midair accident northeast of Boulder, Colo., on Saturday. (David Zalubowski / Associated Press)
  • An unidentified Colorado State Patrol trooper crests a small hill after looking at investigators as they work in the background around the site of a fatal midair accident. (David Zalubowski / Associated Press)
  • Investigators guide a mobile command unit down a road for the Boulder County Sheriff's Department to survey the scene. (David Zalubowski / Associated Press)
  • Investigators survey the scene Saturday. (David Zalubowski / Associated Press)
  • Det. Mark Spurgeon (left) of the Boulder County Sheriff's Department confers with an unidentified man next to the glider that was being pulled when the tow plane was hit in midair by another plane northeast of Boulder, Colo., on Saturday. (Karl Gehring / Denver Post)
  • The remains of one plane are shown. (Karl Gehring / Denver Post)