Midair Collision over Denver
Wow, that's incredible.  Goes to show that people do walk away from plane crashes with some regularity.  My father was a pilot[0].He sold his plane about 15 years ago (to a group of owners, one of which was a priest, I'm sure there's a joke in there).  A few of winters later, he was called out to Romeo Airport; the pilot flying the plane that was formerly his had crashed the aircraft a few miles short of the runway in bad weather[1].  He was traveling with his daughter, a friend and, I think, his wife.  He died, but his daughter was able to get free and make her way to a nearby farm to call for help.  Looking at the plane, the fact that anyone survived at all let alone walked to a nearby house with minor injuries is pretty miraculous.It's hard to impress upon folks who have never been in a small plane like that just how ... yeah ... how much it feels like you're hanging onto a kite.  I have no idea the kinds of structural technologies are involved in the aircraft but I know his plane was made in the 70s and was light enough that he only had a pole which attached to the front landing gear to pull it out of the hangar.  The weight is so critical that the 7-seat plane can realistically only seat 4-5 adults.  I remember being shocked that they had to weigh the paint they applied when he had the plane re-painted.[0] I'll spare the details as I have left many comments in the past about his experiences.[1] https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/43894 - "Pilot Error"; I recall my Dad saying "all plane crashes are pilot error"[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_PA-32_Cherokee_Six