Skydiver Killed After Hitting Plane In Mid-Air

[Insane3D]

That will leave a mark...:Q

 

[BrokenVisage]

Amazing he still could land himself.. if you could still think straight knowing you would most likely die from blood loss would you just not even open the chute? God I don't know what I would do in that possition, but thoughts of the pain coupled with the fact you're crippled for life physically and mentally would make me think twice about pulling that string... I'm so against suicide too.

 

[xirtam]

So few people die from skydiving too...

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: yellowfiero

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova
I wonder what the pilot was thinking.

He might not have known there were skydivers around. After all, it sounds like the guy was dropping at terminal speed.

At 600 ft? Dude probably had his chute open.

 

[Spencer278]

Originally posted by: Rogue
That's some awesome training and mental focus to still land your parachute properly after such a horrific incident.

Don't parachutes pretty much land by themself?

 

[LarryS]

Hey Crab - Cross Keys airport is about 5 mins from here. Small world.

<--- Sicklerville

 

[Koing]

<-- shivers down my spine from reading that and the images it is giving me.

Man must have been seriously painful.

Dying from a huge blood loss like that 🙁

RIP

Koing

 

[GoingUp]

I think the only things that could top this for sheer terrible ways to die are
1. in a fire
2. from a shark attack

 

[bondboy]

🙁

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
I think the only things that could top this for sheer terrible ways to die are
1. in a fire
2. from a shark attack
3. swarm of killer bees

fixed

 

[Gibsons]

There's a video around that shows two skydivers hitting each other. It's pretty gruesome, I think you can see a body part fly off.

 

[dragonballgtz]

Originally posted by: Phokus

A skydiver's legs were severed at the knees and he later died after he collided with an airplane over Volusia County, Fla.

A spokesperson for the Deland Police Department said the airplane was about 600 feet in the air Saturday morning when skydiver Albert "Guss" Wing III, of Longwood, collided with its left wing.

Both of Wing's legs were separated from his body at the knees, but he still managed to maneuver the parachute and land, police said.

The airplane landed safely and police investigators found damage to the plane's left wing.

The skydiver was treated by emergency personnel at the scene and was airlifted to Halifax Hospital, where he died. The Volusia County Medical Examiner's Office and the FAA have been notified.

The aircraft has been identified as a fixed-wing, propeller-driven DHC-6 Twin Otter.

http://www.nbc10.com/news/4409800/detail.html?rss=phi&psp=nationalnews

Worst way to f'ing die ever.

Where did his legs land at? 😕

And

 

[everman]

The odds of that must be amazing, how many skydivers have ever hit planes before?

 

[bret]

that sucks...

wish there were pics though..

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

Originally posted by: neutralizer

Originally posted by: Mucho

Originally posted by: KLin
wow. What are the odds?

Same thought occurred to me as well

Was wondering the same thing. There just so much space in the air. The chances of two things hitting each other at the exact time seems soooooo small.

Tell that to the pigeon that Randy Johnson exploded a few years ago.

 

[dmcowen674]

That's what he gets for jumping out of a perfectly fine airplane.

 

[Baked]

WTF x10. The pilot was probably talking on the cell. The skydiver's 'shoot is obviously opened at 600ft. The pilot should've seen him and steered clear.

 

[Mallow]

wow, freak accident to the max

 

[So]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
That's what he gets for jumping out of a perfectly fine airplane.

😛

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Baked
WTF x10. The pilot was probably talking on the cell. The skydiver's 'shoot is obviously opened at 600ft. The pilot should've seen him and steered clear.

My sarcasm meter is bouncing between the rails...😕

 

[crab]

All of you guys saying the pilot should've seen him have obviously never flown an airplane. Its possible to hit other airplanes in broad daylight and neither one of them never even see each other. Its why we're (ideally) very descript on the radio at uncontrolled fields and mount our heads on a swivel. Its much much easier to hit something than youd think.

 

[Phokus]

Originally posted by: crab
All of you guys saying the pilot should've seen him have obviously never flown an airplane. Its possible to hit other airplanes in broad daylight and neither one of them never even see each other. Its why we're (ideally) very descript on the radio at uncontrolled fields and mount our heads on a swivel. Its much much easier to hit something than youd think.

Just admit it, all of you pilots are drunk/high off your asses 90% of the time 😛

 

[crab]

Originally posted by: LarryS
Hey Crab - Cross Keys airport is about 5 mins from here. Small world.

<--- Sicklerville

🙂 I'm in Woodstown.

 

[crab]

Originally posted by: Phokus

Originally posted by: crab
All of you guys saying the pilot should've seen him have obviously never flown an airplane. Its possible to hit other airplanes in broad daylight and neither one of them never even see each other. Its why we're (ideally) very descript on the radio at uncontrolled fields and mount our heads on a swivel. Its much much easier to hit something than youd think.

Just admit it, all of you pilots are drunk/high off your asses 90% of the time 😛

Actually, we're keeping our mile high membership current 😛


I'm no longer a pilot, though :brokenheart:

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: KLin
wow. What are the odds?

274.3 to 1