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Skydiver Survives After Parachute Fails

skydiver whose parachute failed to open miraculously survived the 13,000ft fall - after a muddy bog saved his fall.

 Started by ThePhantomFlanFlinger , Aug 31 2012 04:45 PM

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#1    ThePhantomFlanFlinger

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Posted 31 August 2012 - 04:45 PM

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Liam Dunne, 35, who is a father of two, broke his back after dramatically crashing into the ground at high speed and landing in the soft, waterlogged area.His reserve parachute opened at the last moment on the horrifying descent at a festival in Moteuko, New Zealand, but it was still too late to prevent him suffering serious injury.



:blink: ...what a lucky,lucky beggar he's been...mind..i bet he was...errmm..'clenched' when it failed.. :whistle:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9511386/Skydiver-survives-13000ft-drop-as-parachute-fails.html

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Posted 31 August 2012 - 04:50 PM

Gotta love that photo!  I bet you never take anything for granted again after an experience like that eh?
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Posted 31 August 2012 - 05:31 PM

WOW, that is lucky!!!!!!!

This is why i won't go skydiving. lol

That episode of Hollyoaks (yes i watch it) where the psycho girl cuts her parachute just scared the **** outta me. lol
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Posted 31 August 2012 - 05:35 PM

coffey watches hollyoaks! :D

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Posted 31 August 2012 - 05:50 PM

View PostOld Man Waffles, on 31 August 2012 - 05:35 PM, said:

coffey watches hollyoaks! :D

Haha, I'll try to blame my housemate now cause she watches it and everyone will pretend to believe me.... :tu:
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Posted 31 August 2012 - 06:27 PM

Love the photo; he's lucky to have survived that.

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Posted 01 September 2012 - 11:38 AM

That was a fluke, if I ever heard about one. :\

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Posted 01 September 2012 - 12:20 PM

He seems to be recovering well considering he broke his back, so it's good to hear he should be walking again soon. What a very lucky person to even be alive after that fall.
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Posted 01 September 2012 - 01:42 PM

skydiving is the most exhilarating and awesome thing anyone can do. If you ever get the chance  you have to try it!

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Posted 01 September 2012 - 01:51 PM

I'm a pilot so my question would be "why would you jump out of a perfectly good plane"?

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Posted 01 September 2012 - 03:40 PM

Is it just cynical old me, or does anyone else think it's sus' that his main chute failed then his reserve wasn't readily available.. If I was him I'd be a little paranoid at this point... :whistle: .

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Posted 01 September 2012 - 09:17 PM

There going to end up changing the label "Skydiver" to "Grounddiver" before long.

Glad to see he made it.
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