Australia
Wing and a Prayer
… Skydiver Dangles After Disastrous Jump!!!
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ATSB
Still hyping your self as much as go skydiving? This would possibly simply kill the vibe. A skydiver’s parachute obtained snagged on a aircraft’s tail at 15,000 ft … and the entire thing is a wild watch!
It occurred in North Queensland, Australia … when the man’s reserve-chute deal with snagged on {a partially} prolonged wing flap as he jumped … and growth, it deployed mid-exit, leaving him flailing helplessly like a rag doll in a wind tunnel.
According to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, the man broken the aircraft’s left stabilizer … and the pilot, not realizing there was a complete human dangling off the tail, felt the plane all of the sudden pitch up. Thinking it had stalled, he shoved the controls ahead and hit the gasoline to regular issues.
Thirteen parachutists nonetheless onboard the September flight bailed ASAP … whereas two others stayed again because the dangling skydiver whipped out a knife and hacked himself free from the tangled reserve chute.
He lastly popped his predominant chute and landed with the remainder … strolling away with simply minor accidents.
Meanwhile, the pilot was moments away from leaping out of the aircraft himself after calling a mayday … however as soon as the aircraft dropped 2,500 ft, he landed it like a champ. Talk a few tough day on the workplace!
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