Miraculous escape as skydiving planes crash

Skydiving instructor Mike Robinson was at 12,000 feet, just seconds away from his fourth and final jump of the day, when a second plane carrying other skydivers struck the aircraft he was in, sending them all tumbling toward the ground.

Miraculous escape as skydiving planes crash

None of the nine skydivers or two pilots sustained serious injury when the two planes collided in midair on Saturday evening in far northwest Wisconsin near Lake Superior.

Officials with the Federal Aviation Administration were in the area on Sunday talking to those involved, and the cause of the incident was still being investigated, said FAA spokesman Roland Herwig.

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