Author Topic: Skydiver falls 12,000ft to earth... (Read 413 times)

Gh0stFT · « **on:** February 21, 2007, 06:44:52 PM »

It shows him plummeting 12,000ft to earth after both his parachutes failed,
saying goodbye to the world... and hitting the ground with a sickening thud at 80mph.

Michael's friend, who jumped from the same plane, also filmed the whole event.
He found his pal bleeding and unconscious - but alive.

incredible, this lucky mans second birthday!

Video on Youtube

Ripsnort · « **Reply #1 on:** February 21, 2007, 07:01:48 PM »

Mustaine · « **Reply #2 on:** February 21, 2007, 07:05:47 PM »

another reason I'll never jump out of a plane

1epic1 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 21, 2007, 07:07:44 PM »

OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:O

THAT IS THE LUCKIEST MAN IN THE WORLD HOLY CRAP!!!

john9001 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 21, 2007, 07:11:33 PM »

......and he jumped out of a perfectly good airplane.

68slayr · « **Reply #5 on:** February 21, 2007, 08:16:39 PM »

Anything hurt?

someones lucky day......i would not be so calm ........and........... probly dead.

Vulcan · « **Reply #6 on:** February 21, 2007, 10:20:44 PM »

Typical kiwi's, we don't need no stinking parachutes.

StSanta · « **Reply #7 on:** February 21, 2007, 11:33:34 PM »

He's lucky.

Experiences a main canopy failure. He cuts it away but some lines are caught on his container so main stays attached and throws him into a spin.

Getting lower he does the only thing he can and fires the reserve into the mess. It's risky but the last chance and it ain't gonna make the problem much worse since he'd die anyway if he didn't.

"If you're going to have a ball of sh** over your head, make sure it's the biggest ball of sh** possible."

Looking at the shadow just before impact one can see the silhouette of the malfunctioning reserve. In this case it's enough to slow him down to a survivable speed.

The thing about skydiving is that everything can be absolutely fine one second and turn into dog poo the next. Even if you do everything right you might still die. This guy is no noob and works the problem as long as he can.

Shaky · « **Reply #8 on:** February 21, 2007, 11:53:38 PM »

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Originally posted by 68slayr
Anything hurt?

Been doing EMS work for over 20 years, and on any MVC, fall, auto/ped, or the like, one of the first things we ask is "Anything hurt?"

Of course we don't take "No" for an answer

Look like his buddy knew what to do...find the victim, call for help, establish responsiveness and level of alertness, do NOT move him, start a verbal and physical assessment, and keep the victim calm.

Catalyst · « **Reply #9 on:** February 22, 2007, 09:00:43 AM »

seen a few of those on TV, happened to some girl who landed in a Doctors back yard if I remember correctly...

Hawco · « **Reply #10 on:** February 22, 2007, 12:03:16 PM »

The main assumption a lot people make when trying to deploy a reserve chute is that it majicaly pops out when you deploy it, but what really happens is that you have to throw it out into the wind and make sure it doesn't wrap around your legs, think of trying to open a bag in front of you and then making sure the wind deploys it correctly.
Funnily enough, never got a main failure once, or did anyone I know, sure there was various instructors that would love to tell you all about the failures they got, but they saved that till you were comitted and ready to go. Black sense of comedy but did lighten the mood all the same!
Don't think I'd ever try the "sport " parachuting to be honest, Just don't see the point, guess it wasn't this guys day so good luck to him.
Quick edit to that, main thing I used to always get is what's called "High twists" that's when you look above you and then kick the oppoosite direction to undo the twists, apart from that, nothing else much really, guess it all depends how tight you are when you leave the aircraft, if your arms are everywhere then you are almost guarranteed big time twists.