The live-streamed midair stunt that ended in a plane crash in the Arizona desert is under federal investigation after organizers apparently defied a government order.
Event organizers said two pilots in separate planes planned to parachute to switch planes mid-air, leaving each plane pilotless for less than a minute.
But one of the pilots failed to catch up with the other plane.
That craft "crashed after losing control" and its would-be pilot "landed safely by parachute," the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said.
