British man dies in failed parachute jump from Pattaya condo

[Jackbenimble]

7 hours ago, AlexRich said:

These guys are incredibly brave to Base Jump. The only problem is that as humans, we make mistakes, and one mistake for them is normally deadly. RIP. 

Brave? Not sure that's the word I would use. 

[iLuvThai]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

British Social Media Influencer Parachutes from Pattaya Condo and Fatally Hits The Ground in Tragic Accident
By Tanakorn Panyadee

 

 

Pattaya — A 33-year-old British man tragically lost his life when the parachute he was using malfunctioned after jumping from a condominium complex in Pattaya.

The tragedy took place on Saturday, January 27th, at an unspecified condominium complex in the Naklua sub-district of the Banglamung district, Chonburi province. Pattaya police and emergency responders swiftly arrived at the scene following a report received around 7:30 PM.

 

There, authorities found the lifeless body of a 33-year-old British national (name withheld pending family permission) sprawled on the ground near the condominium’s exit. The victim had suffered fatal injuries while clutching a blue parachute, which the police suspected he had deployed in a failed attempt to slow his descent. Authorities covered the body with a white sheet before transporting him to a nearby hospital.

 

During an interview with the condominium clerk, 33-year-old Mr. Kanet, it was revealed that the victim and his friends had gained unauthorized access to the premises, parking their car outside before scaling the building for a daring parachute descent. 

 

Full story: THE PATTAYA NEWS 2024-01-29

 

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It never fails to amaze me why anyone would jump from a perfectly good air plane or in this case, a building. 

[Grusa]

1 hour ago, doctormann said:

No, 4 seconds is about right, according to Newton.

https://www.angio.net/personal/climb/speed.html

[spidermike007]

Darwin was right. The theory of natural selection, means we all have to exhibit certain survival skills, to thrive in this world. Self protection is just one of those skills. Some have it, some do not.

 

I kind of understand thrill seekers and their mentality, but some ideas are risky and then some ideas are just absolutely dumb to an astonishing extent. Base jumping like this is crazy dangerous, I don't think a quick cheap thrill is worth sacrificing your life for. 

[ross163103]

RIP, but basically you lost your life chasing content, followers, and "likes"......hmmmmm. Too late now but maybe you should've revaulated your life choices BEFORE jumping. 

[Adumbration]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTPZmj2lX90

[norfolkandchance]

57 minutes ago, jimn said:

https://youtu.be/SyYe8LJwFKw?si=aE7dssXL8CrCevH

Well at least 'The Sun' paid for the funeral.

[Adumbration]

14 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Darwin was right. The theory of natural selection, means we all have to exhibit certain survival skills, to thrive in this world. Self protection is just one of those skills. Some have it, some do not.

 

I kind of understand thrill seekers and their mentality, but some ideas are risky and then some ideas are just absolutely dumb to an astonishing extent. Base jumping like this is crazy dangerous, I don't think a quick cheap thrill is worth sacrificing your life for. 

 

Fortunately you don't get to decide what someone else does with their life.

 

Governments do however and that is why many of us moved away from our Nanny States.

[Adumbration]

Oh....I forgot...this is Thai Visa cum Aseannow isn't it.

 

So, therefore, I have to ask...did his Thai wife pack his parachute?

[Umlungu]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

British BASE Jumper Dies In Condo Plunge After Parachute Fails To Open

 

A rescuer collecting the British BASE jumper’s parachute, above, and a forensic police officer checking his body, inset. Both photo: Thai Rath

 

A BRITISH BASE jumper died after his parachute failed to open upon leaping from the 29th floor of a Pattaya condominium with his plunge to death at 7.30 p.m. yesterday filmed by a friend waiting for him on the ground floor, Naewna newspaper said today (Jan. 28).

 

The body of the British daredevil, Mr. Nathy Odinson, 33, who Mail Online said comes from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, was found by police and rescuers near the exit of Building B of the condominium complex at Na Kluea subdistrict, Bang Lamung district, Chonburi, with his blue parachute next to him.

 

“BASE” is an acronym that stands for four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump: buildings, antennae (referring to radio masts), spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs), according to Wikipedia.

 

Security guard Mr. Kanet Chansong, 33, said he heard the sound of something falling and thought it was a branch that had broken and hit the ground. Moments later a woman passing by screamed and when he turned to have a look and saw the dead British man he quickly called the police.

 

Full story: THAI NEWSROOM 2024-01-29

 

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Total nut job. An 'influencer' - that alone says it all. Well, no more influencing coming out of him, other than the last message mot to try a meaningless and idiotic stunt like this 'at home'. 

[Sig]

"Influencer" So, I'm guessing he was a tourist? Not sure if being an "influencer" can get you a work visa these days, but who knows, as long as you keep your 90 days going properly!
But I'm guessing he was yet another example of a quality tourist.
 

Very sad for his family though... :(

[flyingtlger]

He took the non stop, express elevator.....

[ronster]

Guess he misjudged the time he held onto his throw chute and by the time it pulled his main chute he was too low for the main chute to open and stop his fall.
If he had been lucky he might have got snagged on one of the trees , but not to be .

[Umlungu]

1 hour ago, quake said:

There's some nasty people on this thread today.

Hope your proud of your comments. 

 

Just calling it for what it is.

[metisdead]

An insensitive and overly offensive post contravening our Community Standards has been removed.

[Old Croc]

From the YT video, and comments there, it seems his drogue parachute was incorrectly strapped behind the harness preventing the main chute from opening properly. His actions just before jumping seemed careless to me, he was more concerned about a flashing light on his helmet than getting lines sorted.

[PB172111]

5 hours ago, prakhonchai nick said:

Brave??? Choose another word!

Yes, definitely brave. 
 

[incnoi]

5 hours ago, dslocum said:

I'm an amateur pilot and don't know much about BASE jumping or skydiving, but the article says the chute failed to open.  Yet from the photos, it appears that it DID open and thus deployed, leaving me to think that he simply failed to "catch" the air he hoped for in only 29 floors.  Who knows, the air currents may have conspired against him this day.  Too bad.

 

RIP Dear Sir!

As an experienced and retired base jumper I can give some insight.

 

He setup a static line but misrouted his bridle through his lateral strap, the pins did extract and he got partial canopy inflation but this was not enough to save him. Nathan had around 120 BASE jumps and 5,500 skydives so he was an experienced jumper, but for some reason, maybe nerves at jumping from this location caused him to be careless in his setup and resulted in the fatal bridle miss-routing error.

 

Modern lightweight BASE canopies under a static line setup can be used from as low as 120feet depending on a few factors like the jumpers weight, canopy size/weight and jump altitude, so in this case a jump from 290 feet is not considered low in the sport of BASE jumping and is generally a pretty safe height ruling out external factors such as weather and lading hazards like power lines.

 

Other posters commenting on minimum safe altitude of 2,500 feet, this is for skydiving where a skydiving parachute is very different to a BASE jumping parachute. A BASE jumping parachute for a sub-terminal jump is packed with no slider, and a very large pilot chute up to 48", in Nathans case the bridle was tied to the building with 70lb rip cord in whats known as a static line, as he jumps and fall away from the building the static line pulls out his parachute to full line extension and then the 70lb cord breaks under tension and he should have been under a fully inflated canopy by arrox. 175 feet with plenty of time to fly his landing pattern and land safely. As mentioned in this case his bridle was wrapped around his harness lateral strap so the cord broke too early and was not able to fully extract his canopy.

 

Human error and nobody to give him a safety check resulted in this fatality, condolences to his family and friends and great luck that nobody else at the scene was injured by his carless jump.

[billd766]

8 hours ago, radiochaser said:

I'm wondering who packed his parachute.   Fortunately for me, when I was in an Army Airborne Company, professionals  packed the 5 that I used.   

AFAIK, base jumpers, freefall and sport parachutists pack their own.

 

If it doesn't work you can't take it back and ask for another.

 

In addition the 29th floor of a condo is perhaps a little higher than 100 metres which doesn't give your parachute doesn't give your parachute much time to open and fully deploy to bring you to a safe landing.

 

You initially reach a speed of 9.8 metres in the first second and then it sort of goes like this.

 

https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/1DKin/Lesson-5/How-Fast-and-How-Far#:~:text=d %3D 0.5 * g * t2&text=where g is the acceleration of gravity (9.8 m%2Fs,two seconds are shown below.

 

vf = g * t

 

Example Calculations:

At t = 1 s
d = (0.5) * (9.8 m/s2) * (1 s)2 = 4.9 m

At t = 2 s
d = (0.5) * (9.8 m/s2) * (2 s)2 = 19.6 m

At t = 5 s
d = (0.5) * (9.8 m/s2) * (5 s)2 = 123 m
(rounded from 122.5 m)

 

So he had less than 5 seconds from jumping to hitting the tree and the ground, In those 5 seconds his parachute has to open and fully deploy for him to have a safe landing.

 

Personally, I have no sympathy for him. For his family, friends and bystanders I do have sympathy.

 

I assume that he did all his calculations but he either got them wrong, he didn't believe them, or the parachute that he packed malfunctioned.

 

 

[Charlest1971]

9 hours ago, AlexRich said:

These guys are incredibly brave to Base Jump. The only problem is that as humans, we make mistakes, and one mistake for them is normally deadly. RIP. 

Are you for real?
This is one of the most irresponsible things, anyone could possibly do? This man could have killed innocent people, walking around at the bottom of the building. And did he get permission from the building’s owner? It doesn’t sound like it.

Anyone who decides to jump off a building, without permission and some kind of safety plan & ground crew, should be arrested, for reckless endangerment, if they make it to the ground, alive. 😡

[billd766]

4 hours ago, youngster30uk said:

closer to 15 seconds

Not correct.

 

Edited to include the link.

 

Example Calculations:

At t = 1 s
d = (0.5) * (9.8 m/s2) * (1 s)2 = 4.9 m

At t = 2 s
d = (0.5) * (9.8 m/s2) * (2 s)2 = 19.6 m

At t = 5 s
d = (0.5) * (9.8 m/s2) * (5 s)2 = 123 m
(rounded from 122.5 m)

Edited January 29 by billd766
edited to add the link.

[Charlest1971]

4 minutes ago, incnoi said:

great luck that nobody else at the scene was injured by his carless jump.

His reckless actions could have killed others on the ground. Base jumping from buildings should be banned, unless there is a full ground safety crew, to cordon off the potential landing area. It doesn’t even sound like the building’s owner knew about this jump? 
Yes. I have massive sympathy for his family, but honestly this was a needless death. 🤷‍♀️ 

[incnoi]

1 minute ago, Charlest1971 said:

His reckless actions could have killed others on the ground. Base jumping from buildings should be banned, unless there is a full ground safety crew, to cordon off the potential landing area. It doesn’t even sound like the building’s owner knew about this jump? 
Yes. I have massive sympathy for his family, but honestly this was a needless death. 🤷‍♀️ 

 

Totally agree, but it's very difficult to enforce. BASE jumping from buildings or antennas is illegal but people will still go to great lengths to overcome any security in place and gain access.

[billd766]

2 hours ago, Kinok Farang said:

Only kidding sorry.

You're a braver man than me.

And me.

 

Jumping out of a perfectly serviceable aircraft.

 

Definitely not in my skill set.

[Old Croc]

"Scientists have described base jumping as the most extreme of extreme sports. It involves parachuting from fixed structures including buildings, antennae, bridges and cliffs.

By one calculation, there’s a 50 times increased risk of dying compared to skydiving."

 

Base jumping: what we can learn from some of the world’s most extreme athletes about overcoming doubt (theconversation.com)

 

An interesting link examining the minds of people who have a need to take these extreme risks that the vast majority of us can't understand.

 

[jimgilly]

10 hours ago, AlexRich said:

These guys are incredibly brave to Base Jump. The only problem is that as humans, we make mistakes, and one mistake for them is normally deadly. RIP. 

Somehow I don't think "brave" is the correct word for it.

[steven100]

Poor guy but he was aware of the danger.

29 floors is way too high,  he should have started jumping from the 3rd ... 4th .. and then work your way up when everything works.   I'd go back to the place where he bought the parachute from and ask for a refund.

[johnnyjap]

should the lanyard from the mini chute be inside the harness of the main chute?

[firemans35]

In the U.S. the typical height of a "Floor" is 10 feet. He went to the 29th floor which means he had 28 beneath so 280 feet, In Thailand the standard is probably 12 feet, I'm not sure but if so that's 336 feet. I did just a little looking online about how many feet it takes for a parachute to open. The one answer I will attached below says it depends on the type of jump and the parachute. Perhaps the jumper didn't know. 

 

It depends on what you mean by NEED to pull your chute. A BASE rig that’s packed properly and deployed properly can open pretty fast (100 feet or less). I’ve seen video of someone doing a BASE jump into a quarry filled with water from less than 100. He had just enough time to slow down before hitting the water. The guy helping him jumped in after him without a rig on and was fine. For most BASE jumping, 300 feet is the general rule of thumb, that gives you enough time for your chute to deploy and get to a safe place to land.

If you’re talking about a skydiving rig falling at terminal velocity, it takes a lot longer. I pull at 3,500 feet above ground level. People I know with a lot more experience pull at the same altitude, I’ve met some that go down as low as 2,500, but not many and everyone thinks they’re crazy. If anything goes wrong, I want time to cut away my main and pull my reserve before it’s too late. Depending on your equipment and how it’s packed, it can take around 500 - 800 feet to deploy, a hard opening will open faster, but that’s gonna hurt.

The last resort on a skydiving rig is an Automatic Activation Device (AAD). Mine is set to pull my reserve at 875 feet if I’m moving too fast. That gives me just enough time to pull my brakes and land were ever I happen to be. It’s a last effort to save your life and basically does it at the last possible second before you die.

[Skeptic7]

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