A group of professional skydivers who witnessed a plane crash took an extraordinary route to the scene — jumping from their own aircraft to reach the victims.The men, all experienced skydivers with Skydive Milwaukee, were preparing for a jump when they spotted a small plane near East Troy Municipal Airport on Sunday, according to the Town of East Troy Police Department.John Bechtel, one of the skydivers, told local outlet WSMV the plane appeared to be flying unusually before disappearing behind a line of trees.MIDAIR SCARE FORCES PACKED PASSENGER JET INTO EMERGENCY LANDING, TRAVELERS HOSPITALIZED"He kind of banked up a little bit, and then, he disappeared behind the trees," Bechtel recalled."We were all sitting there waiting for him to show back up somewhere, and [he] never did," he added."We all just kind of looked at each other like, ‘Did we just see a plane crash?’"A group of experienced skydivers jumped from their aircraft to help victims after witnessing a plane crash near East Troy Municipal Airport.
(WITI)The single-engine plane had crashed in a cornfield near the airport.The group quickly asked their pilot to identify a safe place for them to jump so that they could help.PROBE UNDERWAY AS 7 FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SICKENED BY BAFFLING ODOR ON MAJOR AIRLINEAir traffic control told the pilot it was his call whether to drop the skydivers over the area."It is your discretion if you want to drop jumpers over the area," air traffic control told the pilot, according to WSMV.A single-engine plane crashed in a cornfield near East Troy Municipal Airport with four people aboard, according to the report.(WITI)"Yes, I am going to drop a couple of them.
Yeah, we are going to drop ‘em right now," the pilot reportedly replied.The skydivers were the first to reach the crash site.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTERThey alerted emergency crews.One of the jumpers, a former paramedic, treated a person with a serious head injury until emergency service workers ...