Planes Collide Over Tacoma, WA; All Aboard Survive

Pilot and his mom plucked from bay as aircraft sinks

Posted: Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Updated: July 8th, 2008 05:26 PM EDT
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Planes Collide Over Tacoma, WA; All Aboard Survive

Pilot and his mom plucked from bay as aircraft sinks




A passenger is wheeled to an ambulance.
AP Photo/The News Tribune/Drew Perine
A passenger from one of two small planes which collided near Commencement Bay, in Tacoma, Wash. Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007, is wheeled to an ambulance . In the background is the boat which was used to rescue two people from the water before the one plane sank. The pilot of the second aircraft, a Cessna 182 landed safley at Thun Field in Puyallup.


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