Complex sentence: The two aircraft had collided over the town of Vrbovec, northeast of Zagreb, the last five meters of the DC-9's left wing slicing through the Trident's cockpit section and forward passenger compartment.
Split into simpler sentences: The two aircraft had collided over the town of Vrbovec, northeast of Zagreb. The last five meters of the DC-9's left wing sliced through the Trident's cockpit section and forward passenger compartment.