AccidentLiveleak.com - Paratrooper gets hung up on airplane, cut loose and falls to his death.

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[–]oozinator1[S] 9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

3:40 - When it screws up

7:40 - When the line snaps

[–]DoctorsHateHim 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you.

People, when you're posting an 8 minute video, give us the times of the video with the action, no one wants to sit there and watch 8 minutes of guys sitting in a plane

[–]TealKitten 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

extremely ambitious camera work at the end there

[–]Reddit_Sux 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Counter to liveleak title, Impossible to pull him in because drag...you think trying to drag a normal human is hard try dragging a human and fucking boeing 747 at the same time with wind resistance, and didnt drop him rope snapped. anyway was the dude fucking chilling when he first dropped? looks like he has his hands on his head fucking kicking back enjoying the ride untill he realises hes actually in deep shit? lmao tell me thats true though tell me atleast the dude got 1 last fun ride before his times end lol

[–]oozinator1[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

To me, it looked like he was trying to keep his helmet on, which is good for two reasons:

  1. It would reduce the chance of a head injury if he were to bang his head against parts of the plane.

  2. If he had survived but lost part of his kit, he'd definitely get his ass chewed out for it.

[–]TheHippyDance 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

IIRC in this scenario, there's a chance that the paratrooper can be pulled back into plane on certain conditions. One of them is that the paratrooper puts his hands behind his head to show that he is aware of the situation and that he isn't going to accidentally pull his chute. If he pulls his chute while they try reel him in, then he risks killing himself and others on the plane that are trying to pull him in. Hands behind the head show that he is not going anywhere near his chute and is waiting for action to be taken. I believe they have motors that can reel him in because like you said, no way people are reeling him in.

There are other conditions that must be met before any attempt to bring the stuck trooper in but I can't remember them. If the conditions do not permit them pulling the trooper in, then they will cut the line. They have secondary chutes I believe. Something happened to this guy because he was definitely conscious. Maybe no reserve, maybe his whole pack was fucked from the beginning.

[–]ImYourChrist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

He knew that he's in deep shit, as you said. He was probably hoping for the best possible outcome (chute opens) and since there's nothing he could have done in this situation, he opted to chill instead of panicking. Can't blame him.

[–]TheProgrammingDog 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Don't they have a reserve shoot or something

[–]Oekalaboeka 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

When I did a jump in the military we had the primary automatic parachute on our back and a secondary manual one on our chest in case the lines would get tangled up or something else happens.

[–]Notlongerlurking 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's one hell of a long fall. I think my heart would exploded before he even hit the ground.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Ok so he wasn't cut, the line snapped right?

He hung there for a few minutes though. What stopped them from getting closer to the ground and over water to let him go? (assuming they weren't able to pull him back in). That would at least give him a chance, no?

[–]Phantom01 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

What stopped them from getting closer to the ground and over water to let him go?

The stall speed (absolute minimum speed required to fly) for this aircraft (I'm almost certain this is CASA C-212) is apparently 145 km/h. If they flew right over the surface of water as slowly as possible and released him, the impact would be as bad as dropping him from 80 meters. At that point water would be probably as bad as any surface, perhaps even among the worse ones due to its incompressibility.

If we take into account that he'd hit the water along its surface, it would maybe be a bit better, but I'm sure you've seen what can happen to bikers falling over at high speeds especially with inadequate equipment. They lose limbs and get hurt otherwise, and that is across a mostly smooth surface.

Water isn't a smooth surface, it has waves and everything. I'd predict at least dislocations, broken bones and at least possible concussion, as well as all air being knocked out of him.

After landing in water he would have to detach his parachute and successfully swim to the shore, where he'd have to wait for medical assistance. I believe he'd drown with his parachute, without it, or die on the shore while medics are looking for him.

However he'd be released, he results would be horrifying.

It's a good question, but I think the answer is that it just doesn't really help his chances. Maybe releasing him high up and hoping for the chute to open and stay on him was the best that could be done.

[–]voidful 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Highly informative comment, I love it when there's an elaboration of this quality. Thank you.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Got it, makes sense!

Do they all jump with one chute? No back-up?

[–]Phantom01 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I actually don't know how military does it or if there are any differences, but at least in civilian use there tends to be a reserve parachute in case the primary gets tangled up or has other problems. I'd be surprised if he really had nothing else to rely on.

[–]Doc_Goodfeels 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Best as I can tell here's the order of events: 1:Paratrooper jumps out of plane 2:Parachute gets caught on plane 3:Paratrooper tries to keep helmet on to minimize injury and so his instructor won't chew him out if he survives this 4: Aircraft climbs in order to allow him to deploy his reserve after cutting the main chute 5:Wind pulls his helmet off 6:Fumbles with helmet and eventually gets it back on 7:Harness snaps and the cord is wrapped around the paratrooper from being buffeted by the wind 8:Paratrooper, unable to deploy his reserve shoot due to the cord, falls to his death