reporter: the last jump of the day for nine sky divers and two pilots nearly became the last flight of their lives. two planes out of control saturday evening. one plane breaking up in fiery debris. what looks to be certain disaster was not. watch again from a different angle and you can see what happened. in this video licensed by nbc news you see the divers in the second plane get out on the step preparing to jump. that plane appears to fly right on top of the first plane. there is a fireball and now divers from both planes, instead of flying in a planned formation find themselves in a terrifying plummet. not only are they falling from 12,000 feet at 125 miles per hour, so are the burning parts of the first plane. all the divers opened their chutes and land safely. the pilot of the first plane gets out alive, too, using his emergency parachute. then there s this. come on, blake. you ve got it. come on. reporter: blake whedon lands the second plane at the airport though there is
find themselves in a terrifying plummet. not only are they falling from 12,000 feet at 125 miles per hour, so are the burning parts of the first plane. all the divers opened their chutes and land safely. the pilot of the first plane gets out alive, too, using his time to take a look at the emergency parachute. morning papers. the star-ledger. then there s this. come on, blake. police have found the body of a you ve got it. come on. gunman they believe walked into reporter: blake whedon lands a new jersey mall firing shots the second plane at the airport though there is damage to the at gunmen. propellor and the wing. the shots d didn t hit anyone even though the mall was the jumpers and the pilots, all crowded. it happened at the westfield veterans of the sky, know how garden state plaza mall. close they came. shots were reported around 9:20 very, very lucky. last night right as the mall was about to close. any time two planes collide in as police approached the gunman, the a