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What are the odds on a thing like this? 11 people jump for their lives. everyone survives, only a few scrapes and bruises. here's a look at how it played out. flying in formation some 12,000 feet in the air, two planes have just reached their targeted altitude carrying nearly a dozen sky divers when something went wrong, one of the pilots remembered hearing a loud bang, then the windshield shattered. the moment both planes collide in midair. according to one of the men on the plane it turned out to be a jump for their lives. >> four jump es get on the step hanging onto the strut. then they lea...

Two planes carrying sky divers. they're all strapped up and ready for a beautiful dive. look at the debris that ended up being the real story. those two planes crashed midair. the amazing survival story coming up after the break. my customers can shop around. but it doesn't usually work that way with health care. with unitedhealthcare, i get information on quality rated doctors, treatment options and cost estimates, so we can make better health decisions. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. at od, whatever business you're in, that's the business we're in with premium service like one o...

And one of wings got severed. and the sky divers an one of the pilots were sent crashing towards the earth. and now it's a jump for their lives. george howell has the story. >> reporter: flying in formation some 12,000 feet in the air, two planes this just reached they've targeted altitude carrying nearly a dozen sky divers when something went wrong. one of the pilots remembered hearing a loud bang. then the windshield shattered. according to one of the men who was on board the plane, it turned out to be a jump for their lives. >> four jumpers in the lead plane get out of the airplane and on t...

Left mangled. >> the wings came off, they were on fire. the pilot got out safely, used his emergency parachute and landed. >> the pilot survived landing his arnth safely. firefighters say when they arrived on scene, jumpers were still making their way to the ground. amazingly, everyone paid it off the planes safely, for something that's so routine for these sky divers at hundreds or even thousands of jumps under their belts, this accident serves as a reminder. >> it can be a dangerous sport. usually not. unfortunately, an airplane crash, you take what you get. >> this time they all got very lu...

The pictures how the lead plane was left mangled. >> the wings came off. the pilot got out safely used his emergency parachute and landed. >> the pilot of the trail plane also survived. firefighters say when they arrived on scene, jumpers were still making their way to the ground. amazingly, everyone made it off the planes safely. for something that's so routine for these sky divers, at hundreds or even thousands of jumps under their belts, this accident served as a reminder. >> it can be a dangerous sport. it usually is not. unfortunately in an airplane crash, you know, you take what you get....