A burning aircraft falls to the ground Saturday, Feb. 5, 2010, after a midair collision with another private plane

A burning aircraft falls to the ground Saturday, Feb. 5, 2010, after a midair collision with another private plane in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/Shano Kelley)

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'Everything went red' after collision

Reconstruction of fatal plane collision planned

Updated: Tuesday, 09 Feb 2010, 10:53 AM EST
Published : Tuesday, 09 Feb 2010, 10:53 AM EST

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - A glider pilot who flew to safety through a fireball from the midair collision of two planes over Boulder says it was just seconds between when he saw one plane approaching and when it collided with the plane towing him.

Reuben Bakker tells NBC's "Today" show Tuesday that he "didn't see the wreckage anymore because it was gone, because everything was red."

Bakker managed to disconnect the glider just before the planes collided near Boulder Municipal Airport on Saturday. Three people on the two planes that collided were killed. Federal aviation investigators were piecing together the planes Tuesday and plan to do a 3-D reconstruction.

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