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03-20-2011, 10:33 PM
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 My Rank: SERGEANT Poster Rank:1153 Male Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 556 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Quoted: 18 Post(s)
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Re: Failure Of Parachute
His chute was partially opened. His malfunction was line tangle at the container (pack). Maybe around his neck. With a partially inflated chute, it slowed his descent, but not enough to prevent death. He either waited too long to deploy his reserve (which is the bag on his front) or he was unable to. Either way it looks like two things led to this, poor emergency action on his part and bad gear/packing. They make device that will deploy you reserve even if unconscience if your rate of fall is too fast for low altitude (500-1500 feet)
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03-21-2011, 08:32 AM
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 My Rank: LANCE CORPORAL Poster Rank:2970 Male Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 133 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Quoted: 3 Post(s)
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Re: Failure Of Parachute
I am not sure what we are looking at here? Did he decide to jump out of a tree? The human body liquefies at 60mph - if you're skydiving you're going a cool 110 - there should be nothing left.
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03-21-2011, 12:22 PM
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 So Fucking Banned Poster Rank:308 Male Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 4,168 Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Quoted: 0 Post(s)
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Re: Failure Of Parachute
In the Philadelphia area we had a beloved weather forecaster Jim O'Brien who died during a sky diving accident. The joke was "What was the last thing that went through Jim O'Brien's head"? The punchline was "His feet". |
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03-21-2011, 10:04 PM
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Re: Failure Of Parachute
Read the post just before yours and you'll see "With a partially inflated chute, it slowed his descent, but not enough to prevent death."
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nice kel
