Danish woman survives 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) fall

[News_Editor]

Danish woman survives 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) fall

2011-07-31 18:49:38 GMT+7 (ICT)

COPENHAGEN (BNO NEWS) -- A Danish woman has reportedly survived a fall of around 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) after her parachutes failed to open, local media reported on Sunday.

The Ekstra Bladet newspaper reported that the accident happened on Saturday afternoon when the 28-year-old woman was skydiving along with other members of a skydiving club near Viborg, a town located in central Jutland.

According to the report, her lines became entangled which prevented both her main and reserve parachutes to open. It did not say whether a parachute had partially opened which would have slowed down the speed of her fall.

Police said the woman fell from a height of around 1,000 meters (3,280 feet), which is more than twice the height of the Empire State Building in New York City. Witnesses said the woman was conscious and her injuries were not considered to be life-threatening, the report said.

People who have survived extreme falls include JAT flight attendant Vesna Vulović who survived a fall of 10,160 meters (33,330 feet) when JAT Flight 367 exploded near the village of Srbská Kamenice in Czechoslovakia, which is now the Czech Republic. Although it earned her a place in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1985, some have disputed the reported fall as propaganda.

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[TAWP]

Holy moly...

[Scott]

That's gotta hurt when you hit the ground.

[sbk]

I know, I read it and thought amazing she survived - must have broken so many bones

[SteeleJoe]

Wow.

Edited July 31, 2011 by SteeleJoe

[catlover]

381mtrx2=762 mtr

25% understatement

but she was very lucky indeed.

will she try again?

may be 3 parachutes will do?

[Scott]

Something had to either slow her down, such as a partially open chute, possibly tree branches or she had to land in something like mud. Otherwise, I think nearly every bone in the body gets broken.

[jamora]

According to the Danish news (Jyllands Posten), her parachute partially opened, which slowed her down significantly, but caused her to spinn around while falling.

[SteeleJoe]

Ever heard of Juliane Köpcke?

[SteeleJoe]

Ah, here's something...

Juliane Köpcke was a German Peruvian high school senior student studying in Lima...She and her mother...were traveling to meet with her fathe...

The airplane was struck by lightning during a severe thunderstorm and exploded in mid-air, disintegrating at 3.2 km (10,000 ft). Köpcke, who was seventeen years old at the time, fell to earth still strapped into her seat. She survived the fall with only a broken collarbone, a gash to her right arm, and her right eye swollen shut.^[2] "I was definitely strapped in [the airplane seat] when I fell," she remembered. "It must have turned and buffered the crash, otherwise I wouldn't have survived."^[3]

[Phil Conners]

According to the Danish news (Jyllands Posten), her parachute partially opened, which slowed her down significantly, but caused her to spinn around while falling.

A later update says she was a beginner, this was her second jump. The wires from her parachute got tangled in with the bag causing it to not fold out properly, but it did maintain some lift, so it was not a free fall. The spare parachute was not deployed, no reason given.

[homeslice]

There's a reason why skydiving is considered an extreme sport. You can catch me landside, no strings attached!