2 planes full of skydivers collide in mid-air

[Noddy 0]

http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/53461411#53461411

[hifly 925]

Phew! Lucky escapes there but someone's going to get their knuckles rapped.

[brett 2,316]

They should all buy lotto tickets, being so lucky.  It happened so fast, scary, good thing the pilot had a chute.

[allardjd 1,853]

...but someone's going to get their knuckles rapped.

 

Someone should, first by all those aboard, out behind the hangar.  The FAA can get their licks in later.

 

John

[britfrog 180]

I was a parachute pilot for over 20 years, and have dropped with other a/c close by, ones nuts are always a bit tight when another plane is close as it is the pilots responsibility to keep a situation awareness of the location of the other a/c and one should keep the other in sight all the time. I think there were 2 problems here , one) the 2 a/c  lost sight of each other the higher pilot cannot see through his floor, and the lower cannot see through his wing 2) when people start climbing around on the outside it makes the plane turn in that direction so you have to apply some rudder to counteract this turn and keep the plot straight it is evident the upper a/c didnt do this

Luckily it ended well as the pilot had a chute, I tried to wear one a few timesbut it was just too uncomfortable for hours on end. happily although we had a few people diesjumping out of our plane the plane was never really compromised.

[dodgy-alan 1,587]

Phew, Bloody lucky escape there, but as has been said, someone somewhere needs their arse kicking! Surely if they need to drop more than a few jumpers it would be easier to buy a bigger aircraft!