Top 5 Skydives Gone Wrong

slowly erases skydiving from bucket list

Imagine having a whole empty desert to land in and somehow you hit the only solid object for miles.

Well that’s one thing off the bucket list 😮

Wow! That last Ghost parachute was insane!

Is this a birthday gift to speed up the granny's entry to paradise?

YOU: "OMG I will never go skydiving now WTF!" ME: "Top 5 Standing on the Sidewalk Gone Wrong"

I joined an Army National Guard Airborne unit years ago. The company of almost 200 men and women had jumped from a C141 the year before at the start of their 2 week training. It was a night jump. The Air Force personnel that ran the jump from the aircraft F'ed up and had them beginning their jump when they were halfway into the drop zone. Almost the entire company landed in an area covered with huge rocks and trees. The First Sargent was one of the last to be discharged from the Army with a medical disability. He could not walk without a cane. He said you could hear bones breaking like popcorn popping. Over 100 people in the company were medically discharged with permanent, physical injuries! I made 5 jumps to qualify, 3 from Huey's, 1 C130, and 1 C141. Then I was made net control station (NCS) operator of ground communications for jumps (when one was needed) as I was the only person in the entire battalion who had experience working as an NCS operator of radio net, outside of a training classroom. I was very happy with that, not having to jump.

Yep definitely crossing this off my list

legend says that last guy is still at it to this day

Glad I watched this after going skydiving

I'm sorry, but I couldn't stop laughing at the last scene with the "dirt devil" dragging that guy all over. And then other people were trying to catch him. Classic.

I’ve done 170 jumps in years gone but over here in Britain we are taught that you NEVER deploy a reserve without first cutting away your main. That is just asking for trouble.

THIS IS WHY WE WERE BORN WITH LEGS NOT WINGS.

Imagine yourself going unconscious and waking up in the middle of a sky dive

I've gone skydiving once. I paid to solo. They did a day's worth of training and had 2 jump masters on both sides of me when we did it. It all went well until I pulled the cord and the parachute immediately twisted. You spin so fast that you barely realize what happened. I looked up and the lines were twisted but I was vertical. They had talked about this in the school and said you should start kicking your feet "rotationally" in the direction to untwist it.. I did that.. and it very quickly untwisted.. Then I was like.. huh.. that went ok.. I checked the lines.. All was well so I disconnected the "I think they're called toggles" to steer with and floated to the ground!

My one and only jump in 1984 was very similar to 1:15 minus the injuries. It was a static line jump with modified military chute from a Cessna 172. It had same type flip up door and step platform bolted to the landing gear. Had a good exit at 3000 feet off the platform after climbing out and a good opening. Was aiming for a target in the grass near the runway and was about to bullseye the landing when a sudden wind gust came when I was about 100-125 feet up. It caught me good and no toggling helped so it put me right over the paved runway. I landed with the proper form but hit very hard and why I didn't break anything I'll never know. Nothing broken but I had to see a chiropractor a few days later. I was 36 years old at the time. I was the first one out of the plane but the 2nd guy out had a bad landing. I was picking up my chute after checking myself over when I saw him land poorly and not get up. I dropped my chute, ran over, and he was really screaming because he had shattered both ankles. On the second plane load a jumper had his reserve chute deploy when they opened the door but they fortunately contained it and decided to land. I was going to make a second jump that day but promised my wife if the whole deal looked like a cluster fuck I wouldn't jump. I did get the 1st jump in but decided not to do a second. That was the end of my parachuting adventure. I'm now about to celebrate my 75th birthday and sometimes when I think back on it I wonder what the hell was I ever thinking. Oh, I almost forgot. My buddy who talked me into the whole deal landed in the trees. Bad day.

Guy: look there’s a plane!!😱 We might get hit!!!!! Girl: wooooo yeah!!!!!! Woohoo!!!

Watching this was scarier than when I actually went skydiving

i just can imagine how glad you have to be, to feel so good to live, after surviving something like this. then you going to start living and appreciate the life for real.

Some info about the five numbered ones... #5 - The harness was properly adjusted to begin with but the way she fell in the door (not shown in this compilation) let her slip out a bit. Harnesses have been redesigned to prevent this. #4 - Arm severed from spine is a stupid thing to say...but the skydiver did suffer enough nerve damage that he lost the arm. #3 - An issue with the way the rig was manufactured caused the snag preventing proper deployment & cutaway. That manufacturer has redesigned the rig to prevent that type of malfunction in the future. #2 - They didn't almost hit a plane...the plane almost hit them. That plane is the one they jumped out of, the pilot was trying to get back to the ground as soon as possible. #1 - The video says 6 skydivers but there were actually 9 (4 in one plane, 5 in the other). Everyone survived...all 9 jumpers got out & away, the pilot bailed out of the plane that lost the wing, the other pilot was able to land safely.