Chaos at 10,000 feet
  • 111 points GFEIsaac

    All I paid attention to was the shin smash

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    44 points s2killaa9one

    The damage left on the horizontal stabilizer tells me it hurt a little

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    2 points Secure_Investment_62

    Probably didn't notice with all the adrenaline flowing until afterwards. Then ALL THE PAIN.

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    30 points Mojojojo3030

    aaaaaaaaah I had managed to not notice that yet fuck youuuuuu

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    7 points jdillacornandflake

    I never notice the thing. Watching boxing is the worst.

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    5 points Mojojojo3030

    Totally, or UFC. If you've seen it, that one Anderson Silva match is truly awful 🫣 Didn't even notice until he tried to stand on it.

    Neither did he to be fair 😆

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    2 points Scouticus523

    That was the first UFC fight I ever watched. Man, the bar went wild when that happened lol.

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    3 points R-Dragon_Thunderzord

    Lucky it wasn’t somewhere else tbh. Arms, complicates the cut and rip and the landing more than a shin. The head, blacked out or worse

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    2 points Yololiving79

    Yeah, judging by that dent, that would've hurt!!

    The photographer nearly lost his head too

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  • 34 points liarandathief

    my leg

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    14 points strangelove4564

    my back

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    32 points Yololiving79

    Ma pussy and ma crack

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    3 points Kirmes1

    And my axe

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  • 25 points BurnyAsn

    The guy who fell spinning... :(

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    18 points A_Drunk_Caribou

    That man was not ready to dive yet 😂😬

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    1 points CappyAlec

    He lost his gopro housing from that kick at least. Glad he wasn't knocked unconscious in the process

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  • 41 points dronesitter

    Dude is so lucky he didn't get hit by that stab. My flight instructor used to drop chutists until one did this and hit the stab. Killed him instantly. She had to land the plane using just the trim tab cause the pitch control was fucked.

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    32 points s2killaa9one

    His shin sure hit

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    8 points Mad-chuska

    Where’s the stab at?

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    1 points frobscottler

    The leading edge of the wing

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    -10 points dronesitter

    The horizontal stab.

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    16 points Mad-chuska

    The stab or stabilizer is the same part the person in the video hit. Thanks for the info

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    9 points TitanTowel

    I thought stab was referring to some pointy thing. What a daft abbreviation.

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  • 12 points belikeron

    Oh his parachute deployed prematurely. I was thinking the dude just Leroy Jenkinsed it.

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  • 20 points Mojojojo3030

    The industry is heavily unregulated. People die, and they fly more groups the same day.

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    11 points NonlinguisticJupiter

    And the instructors are considering strike action at the moment because one of the biggest tour companies is proposing a substantial pay cut. 

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  • 7 points Neoxite23

    One of many reasons I won't skydive.

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    2 points VQQN

    I’s honestly be afraid of landing in powerlines. Those are everywhere

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  • 5 points SomethingIguess00

    My heart stopped watching this

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    8 points nillercoke

    But did your eyes keep going?

    I'll see myself out

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    7 points SomethingIguess00

    Yeah my eyes did keep going, and honestly my heart will go on.

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  • 2 points Few_Advisor3536

    Could this have been avoided if that other guy would have just jumped out the plane and not hung about taking space?

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    1 points TheRAP79

    He's the camera man.

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  • 2 points [deleted]

    The same thing happened in Rambo 2.

    Glad he was ok.

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  • 1 points tvieno

    "Walk it off. Just walk it off."

    Yeah. That ain't gonna happen. No walking for them for a short while.

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  • 1 points Yololiving79

    He is lucky - he has the parachute.

    This stuff up endangered the whole PLANE and its passengers still on board.

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  • 1 points ClassicManLA

    I'm glad he survived, but where are the Rambo II references in the comments?

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  • 1 points soundsearch_me

    Worse still, could have smashed unconscious on the wing.

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  • 1 points thecops4u

    I willing to bet there is a distinct aroma coming from his jump suit.

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  • 1 points arffarff

    Lucky he was able to cut himself free. Otherwise it would be a tough choice for the pilot having to land with him dragging along the runway

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    1 points KingCarbon1807

    Tuck and roll!

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  • 1 points JoshsPizzaria

    suboptimal

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  • 1 points FluxOperation

    Lucky it didn’t bring the plane down.

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  • 1 points No-Communication3618

    That was a pretty sweet close up of the snag ngl

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  • 1 points BenTheDiamondback

    Man, he could’ve knocked out his pal when he rushed past him! Everyone in this scenario is super lucky!

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  • 1 points ShockDragon

    That’s a 1000% nope.

    This is why I will never ever skydive.

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  • 1 points frogepla

    Whoa, that chaos looks way too real up there!

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  • 1 points frogepla

    Classic Silva takedown, guy didn't stand a chance! 😂

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  • 1 points ermesomega

    That was his reserve parachute that got caught?! I was wondering why he didn't cut away. He'd have lost his main chute, too. But that still doesn't make sense. Usually to deploy your reserve you have to cut away your main first. 

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    1 points LucasCBs

    the reserve got deployed. It doesn't have a cut-away like the main does. So all he could do was cut the chute with a knife. If he didn't take that knife with him, he'd be dead

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    1 points pleasantly-dumb

    Not entirely true. You can deploy your reserve without deploying your main. For example, if you are forced to leave the plane at a very low altitude, say 1500 feet, as the result of an aircraft emergency, you are supposed to go right to your reserve and not even bother with the main parachute.

    Reason being, the reserve is made of a different material, one that is porous and designed to be opened in precarious situations and doesn’t require a stable body position to function, though being in a stable position when you do reply your reserve is alway optimal.

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  • -2 points Antique-Set8718

    This man, from now on, will celebrate two birthdays, every year.

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  • -12 points Dounce1

    Why would you post this without sound?

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    79 points atomicheart99

    Here you go:

    FFFRRRRSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH….SHHHIIITTTTT..FFFFRRRRRRRSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHFFFFFFFFFRRRRRRRRRRRRSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHH….AHHHHUHUHHHHH…….FFFFFFFFFRRRRRRRRRRSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHH

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    16 points DreddCarnage

    "AGRGH SHIT MY SHIN!!"

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    17 points antibetboi

    Its probably nothing but wind/airplane sounds

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    7 points ThanatosIdle

    You think any sound happening in front of the camera is reaching the camera?

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    2 points Dounce1

    I’m sure the under-canopy shots contain some choice words.

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  • -16 points swainsauce89

    The skydiver was able to cut themself free with a hook knife.

    Then plummet to their eventual death.

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    3 points Sumdoazen

    You know they have backup parachutes right? Plus, this was the backup parachute actually that deployed because the hook for it snagged itself on to the plane since.. I don't know what they were trying but this is why he got to be in this situation. And after he deployed his normal parachute.

    But watching a video longer than 10 seconds is hard, I know. Need a minecraft video in the background otherwise your brain explodes from having to actually understand something.

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