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amsalpemkcus · May 28, 2006, 08:59 AM

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/05/28....ap/index.html

Doofy · May 28, 2006, 09:27 AM

Here is the news: If you jump out of plane, there's a chance you might die. That's just the way it is. If you want to lower your chances of dying, don't jump out of a plane - take up quilt making instead.

Madferret · May 28, 2006, 09:29 AM

It's good she had her helmet though.

scaught · May 28, 2006, 10:04 AM

Originally Posted by Doofy

Here is the news: If you jump out of plane, there's a chance you might die. That's just the way it is. If you want to lower your chances of dying, don't jump out of a plane - take up quilt making instead.

but but but, uncle doofy, that's not how it happens on TV.

Kerrigan · May 28, 2006, 10:17 AM

Jawbone54 · May 28, 2006, 10:25 AM

Well, so much for the plans for my next birthday.

slugslugslug · May 28, 2006, 10:28 AM

Originally Posted by Doofy

Here is the news: If you jump out of plane, there's a chance you might die. That's just the way it is. If you want to lower your chances of dying, don't jump out of a plane - take up quilt making instead.

This was my first thought. Still, the kind of negligence that results in someone's harness not even being secure seems the least likely way for an accident to happen. Wacky. I suppose the article's not clear on whether the whole story is out—it could've been that the instructor did everything right, but the harness had some kind of manufacturing defect.

itistoday · May 28, 2006, 01:45 PM

Originally Posted by Jawbone54

Well, so much for the plans for my next birthday.

You should definitely go for it. The chances of dying from skydiving are incredibly slim. About 30 people die from sky diving accidents in the US, which works out to 1 out of 100,000 jumps.

I went skydiving for my birthday and it was one of the best experiences I've had and highly recommend it to anyone. What happened in this situation had nothing to do with the parachute, it's just that it seems she was not properly buckled to the instructor, so when you go make sure you're buckled in, but don't worry, even if you don't the instructor always will.

alligator · May 28, 2006, 04:25 PM

Yeah, thank god for the helmet. Or maybe the helmet was thinking "thank god for the person that broke my fall." This is too bad, but a calculated risk.

FeLiZeCaT · May 28, 2006, 07:02 PM

There was a guy who fell from 10 000 feet a few years ago. The chute did not open but he survived. He fell in some very soft stuff. I don't remember what.

Kerrigan · May 28, 2006, 07:17 PM

he must've hit a big pile of BS

Spook E · May 28, 2006, 07:45 PM

Some woman, about 22 / 23 survived a fall earlier this year, i remember someone posting about it here on the NN, there was a video of it and everything.

I've done it and loved it, would probably do it again to. The best bit is leaning out the back of the plane and that first step into oblivion.

demograph68 · May 28, 2006, 08:42 PM

Falling from a plane, meh. Falling from the edge of space. Whoa.

ghporter · May 28, 2006, 09:15 PM

The odds of surviving a fall from any real altitude without a working parachute are far slimmer than having a parachute fail on you. Still, I'm not of a mind to leave a perfectly good airplane in midair. My father-in-law did so several times as part of his "all expenses paid tour of North Africa and Europe," otherwise known as WWII. He said the natives were friendly but the welcome was never very nice.

CMYKid · May 29, 2006, 03:53 PM

Originally Posted by demograph68

Falling from a plane, meh. Falling from the edge of space. Whoa.

Holy sh!t. Thats incredible.

FeLiZeCaT · May 29, 2006, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by Kerrigan

he must've hit a big pile of BS

I think it was a swamp. Same smell...

- - e r i k - - · May 29, 2006, 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by alligator

Yeah, thank god for the helmet. Or maybe the helmet was thinking "thank god for the person that broke my fall." This is too bad, but a calculated risk.

I love people who try to pass off material from Seinfeld etc. as conversation