Woman's parachute fails to open yet she survives 11,500 ft fall.

[Doggiedog]

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[Scouzer]

SUE SUE SUE!!!!!!!!!!!

Man that'd be scary...what would you think about those 3.5km to the ground...

 

[Amused]

"When it didn't open she tried to deploy her reserve parachute and it had a fairly hard opening. A couple of the lines broke and so it was not fully open," he said.

A little misleading.

 

[bigredguy]

Powerlines broke her fall and may have saved her life. She survived with a hairline fracture to her pelvis.

Seems like that would have made it worse.

 

[Calin]

Now, the reserve parachutes have a pretty hard opening already - they are made to open as fast as possible. The main parachutes have semi-progressive or progressive opening (for the progressive opening there is hardly any shock during opening).
Also, reserve parachutes are smaller, and descent is faster. I think there was some humidity in the parachute, and it affected the cords.

Calin

 

[rh71]

well she wanted a thrill right ... ?

 

[GasX]

OUCH!

 

[UDT89]

yet another reason why i wont do it


hey rh71, you got a PM

 

[CraigRT]

freaking insane, yeah i won't ever do that.. too iffy!!!

 

[EvilYoda]

"I'll jump again"...of course, you shouldn't let a little thing like that deter you.

 

[isekii]

I bet she won't be doign that again any time soon

 

[Koing]

Crazy! She must have hit something softer on the floor.

The powerlines may have slowed her desent but she still hit the ground right? Must have been at least grass but that'll be dam hard at whatever speed she is slowing down from...

Koing

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

Originally posted by: CraigRT
freaking insane, yeah i won't ever do that.. too iffy!!!