Skydiver helmet-cam footage shows moment two planes collided in mid-air fireball

 
Before the crash: Skydivers prepare to leap

Dramatic footage has emerged which shows the moment a group of skydivers and pilots miraculously escaped death when two planes collided in mid-air.

None of the nine skydivers or two pilots sustained serious injury when the two planes collided in mid-air on Saturday evening in Wisconsin near Lake Superior.

Fireball: The plane which lost a wing plunges to the earth in flames

Officials are investigating the cause of the accident.

NBC News acquired the video of the incident, filmed from skydivers' head-cams.

It shows one aircraft coming down onto the other. The side of the plane is then engulfed in a fireball as most of the skydivers are thrown out by the impact.

One pilot ejected himself from the plane which while the other safely landed his damaged aircraft.

Speaking about the near-death incident, skydiving instructor Mike Robinson said: “It might've been a lot worse.

“Everybody, to a person, responded just as they should, including the pilots.”

"We were just kind of lucky that we were at the point where we were out of the airplane," added the 64-year-old.

"If we'd been back in the rear of the airplane when they collided it might have been a little bit different."

No one on the ground was injured in the incident, despite lots of falling wreckage.

Resident Mike Plaunt told reporters that he often hears and sees skydivers, but he knew something was wrong when he saw yesterday's jump.

"I went outside and looked and could see parachuters and a drop plane, and then there was something spiraling down. I couldn't identify what it was... it had a trail of smoke and I had never seen that before," he said.

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