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Originally Posted by Scott McD
So who was at fault then ? 1 or both pilots I assume ??
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TBD...
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Robinson, 64, said then that the two single-engine planes were in position for a maneuver called a tracking dive, with one closely following the other.
?The sun was just getting ready to set, it was our last load of the day,? he said Saturday. ?It was just a perfect time to be up in the sky.?
There were several passengers in position to jump from an exterior step on each plane when the collision happened. Others were inside but quickly leaped out.
The video shot by Amy Olson, apparently taken while she was still inside the plane, shows three fellow divers out on the step when the plane below them is suddenly right underneath. They leap as a fireball flashes.
Down below, John Rodrigo looks up to capture the planes pancaked on each other and then the tiny figures of his fellow passengers floating down.
Footage from Chad Ebling's helmet shows two people on the step when the planes hit each other, and then his own legs draped over the tail.
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Robinson's camera filmed the crippled plane he left behind as it plunged to the ground ? missing a wing.
The cause of the accident is unknown, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The planes were owned by Skydive Superior.
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Hair raising experience for sure.
Congrats to the survivors!
ADG