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re: Skydiving accident in St. Tammany Parish kills one, injuries another
Posted on 5/28/17 at 2:10 pm to scrooster
Posted on 5/28/17 at 2:10 pm to scrooster
quote:
kind of odd that the student jumper made no attempt to pop the main.
How would you know he didn't? Dude is on his own strapped to a corpse and basically can't see behind him. How would he know what did or didn't open? I would imagine it was chaotic once he realized (if he did) that the master was out.
I wouldn't imagine they were in some sort of controlled descent
This post was edited on 5/28/17 at 2:11 pm
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Posted on 5/28/17 at 2:10 pm to Salmon
quote:
It will be interesting to see if the instructor was already dead when they hit the ground
Maybe he had a heart attack mid jump?
That's almost a certainty ... the jumpmaster was dead before he hit the ground. I know there have been times, especially when strapped-in with large cargo, where I experienced some constriction in the bird and couldn't wait to get out ... but once you're out your blood starts flowing again and you're good. So if they made it out the door ... it had to be something to do with ... I dunno, tough to speculate. Heart attack ... maybe. Most jumpmasters know when something is wrong and the first thing they are going to do is save their ride.
The other thing is that 99% of the time you've got someone flying camera or video in front of or behind you ... and there have been times when camera men have tracked in and pulled cords if there was enough altitude remaining .... I'm going to call around and find out what happened.
I mean the student jumper must have been aware enough to know something was going on so he, or she, must have managed to crank their head around enough to see the jumpmaster unconscious ... which would cause some serious problems in terms of attitude and vector ... sheeeesh, I can only imagine how FUBARed that ride must have been.
This post was edited on 5/28/17 at 2:14 pm
Posted on 5/28/17 at 2:11 pm to Breesus
quote:
Do you drive?
Yeah and I bet he eats too! People choke sometimes so why wouldn't he jump out of an airplane!
Posted on 5/28/17 at 2:13 pm to biglego
Landed on golf course reminds me of the Shooter MaGavin quote: "how am I suppose to chip with that going on!"
Posted on 5/28/17 at 2:16 pm to Pico de Gallo
quote:
Royal Golf Course
Wow. Can't think of a worse place to die.
Posted on 5/28/17 at 2:23 pm to Honest Tune
Got you, I jumped with them too when I turned 18. Did not realize they had so many locations
Posted on 5/28/17 at 2:32 pm to Pico de Gallo
Splat
Posted on 5/28/17 at 2:50 pm to RebelExpress38
Has it been confirmed its Gold Coast?
Posted on 5/28/17 at 3:09 pm to Willie Stroker
quote:Well, those witnesses are stupid. The cause of death was the sudden impact.
Witnesses also reported the cause of death appeared to be gravity.
Posted on 5/28/17 at 3:12 pm to Breesus
quote:
Do you drive?
Quite different than jumping out or an aircraft.
And save the "you're more likely to die driving" bullshite. Of course you're more likely to die driving than jumping out of an airplane. The person who has skydived more than anyone else in the world has spent exponentially more time driving than falling to earth.
I mean frick, just ONE trip to Walmart is longer than jumping out of a plane several times.
Posted on 5/28/17 at 3:14 pm to threeputt
Sounds like that business is in danger of going into a free fall if they don't pull some strings to make sure this never happens again. Their attorneys need to hit the ground running to keep this from spiraling out of control.
Posted on 5/28/17 at 3:41 pm to Dick Leverage
You don't need a parachute to go skydiving. You need a parachute to go skydiving twice.
Posted on 5/28/17 at 3:48 pm to Pico de Gallo
Imagine the ride down for that trainee.
Posted on 5/28/17 at 3:57 pm to Pico de Gallo
I hope it isn't Gold Coast. That's who I have skydived with.
Posted on 5/28/17 at 4:15 pm to Jcorye1
It hasn't been confirmed, but they do fly out of St. Tammany Regional Airport
quote:
Drop Zone
St. Tammany Regional Airport
Hwy 36, Abita Springs, LA 70420
Posted on 5/28/17 at 4:27 pm to Pico de Gallo
Posted on 5/28/17 at 4:31 pm to Breesus
You, sir, do not actually understand statistics....
But I love ya anyway
But I love ya anyway
Posted on 5/28/17 at 4:32 pm to johnnydrama
quote:
The time I went the airplane was such a POS I was happy to jump out of it.
This. I went in Hammond, but don't think it was this location.Posted on 5/28/17 at 4:32 pm to threeputt
Say buddy
Posted on 5/28/17 at 4:38 pm to Breesus
quote:
Skydiving is fricking awesome. I'd recommend it to anyone.
Do you drive?
People drive because it's basically a necessity for family life. There is little choice there.
Skydiving may be fun, but it's an unnecessary risk.
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