Plane crashes shortly after takeoff from Colorado airport
A plane departing Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield crashed Saturday morning shortly after takeoff.
The plane went down west of Broomfield and immediately north of U.S. 36 near railroad tracks and in a field.
The crashed plane caught fire, according to a social media post from North Metro Fire Rescue. The fire was extinguished within minutes.
There were no survivors, although the number of people that were on board has not been confirmed by authorities, per a North Metro Fire spokesperson.
CBS
The sign of trouble occurred at 10:01 a.m. Per radio traffic from RMMA's tower, the plane failed to turn when alerted to other aircraft. When tower personnel questioned the lack of response, the plane's pilot responded, "We're going to have to go back and re-land. We've got the door popped open...We can hardly hear you, sir."
The tower quickly gave the pilot permission to land on runway 30-Right.
The pilot did not answer.
Within seconds, the tower clarified: "Any runway you need. Any runway. You are cleared to land."
The tower made three of those announcements before another pilot said, "They just went down north of 36."
CBS
Personnel from other responding agencies, which includes the Boulder County Sheriff's Office and the National Transportation Safety Board, are gathering at Midway Avenue and Brainard Drive.
No other information has been released.
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