Wisconsin Air Disaster Featured In New History Channel Episode

History's Most Shocking just featured a plane crash that happened in Wisconsin. The episode aired on March 3rd, 2025.

History's Most Shocking is a show that features "the most significant mind-blowing events ever caught on camera." The show investigates and analyzes the videos frame by frame to find the truth of what happened.

In Season 1, Episode 5, the show shares footage and an analysis of a crash that occurred over Superior, Wisconsin in 2013.

Two planes were carrying skydivers from the Richard I. Bong Airport in Superior. They were on their final jump of the day, close to sunset. The skydivers were planning a formation jump, which means they would need to get close to each other.

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Suddenly, disaster happens when the planes are in each other's blind spots. The lead plane banked and collided with the second plane. You can see how the lead plane's wing tears off and there's a fiery explosion.

The skydivers all jumped, and miraculously, the pilot of the lead plane was able to jump out and parachute to safety. (He was wearing an emergency parachute.)

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The other plane was able to land. Everybody in the accident survived, which is hard to believe when you watch the footage.

The show breaks down the accident using expert analysis and finds that the accident wasn't caused by wind shear, turbulence, or mechanical issues. It was caused by pilot error when the pilots lost track of each other's planes.