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.

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.

  • MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zipEnglish
    4·
    26 days ago

    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.worksEnglish
      2·
      26 days ago

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

      • SantasMagicalComfort@piefed.worldEnglish
        4·
        26 days ago

        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?