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Skydiver dangles at 15,000 feet after parachute catches on plane's tail in Australia (apnews.com)

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Australian accident investigators have released dramatic images showing a skydiver's parachute entangled on an airplane's tail, leaving him dangling at 15,000 feet.

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[–] MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip 3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Also, what the hell was he doing with his parachute out at 15k feet? I guess somehow the pilot chute must have popped out and that pulled the main canopy out...

[–] ephrin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah I’m guessing the pilot chute or handle got caught on something in the way out the door?

[–] MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip 2 points 14 hours ago

Yeah makes sense. Sucks. Lucky to be just hanging.

[–] SantasMagicalComfort@piefed.world 4 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Ferguson was leaving the plane when the ripcord of his reserve chute became snagged on a wing flap, the report said.

The chute released and immediately jerked Fergson backward. He knocked the camera operator clear from the plane and into a free fall. Ferguson’s legs then struck the trail’s horizontal stabilizer before the chute tangled around it and left him dangling.

Why guess when you could read the article?

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

Why guess when you could read the article?

[–] ephrin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 19 hours ago

Haha, forgot all about that. So it was his reserve that deployed not his main. Bummer.