Pattaya: Skydivers lucky to live after their plane dives into them (VIDEO)

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Skydivers lucky to live after their plane dives into them (VIDEO)
By Coconuts Bangkok

PATTAYA: -- A skydiver over Pattaya got more thrills than she paid for when the plane she’d just jumped from with an instructor dove directly into them, clipping their parachute.

Jump instructor Forest Pullman was strapped to the back of the woman-diver and filming the jump when, moments after leaving the plane, he can be seen pointing out the approaching plane.

“After an uneventful exit the pilot dove the airplane 180 degrees right at me and my tandem passenger,” Pullman captioned the video, which was uploaded Friday and widely shared today. “How did we get so lucky? Not sure.”

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co//2015/02/09/skydivers-lucky-live-after-their-plane-dives-them-video


-- Coconuts Bangkok 2015-02-09

[smedly]

I think I'd have had the pilot by the throat after that - stupidity knows no boundaries

[DLock]

I saw that video but did not realize it was Thailand.

Very scary. Very lucky.

I watched to the end to see if the Instructor waited for the pilot and gave him a good smack to the head...

[Basil B]

Was the Pilot Thai by any chance???

[daveAustin]

Dopey Doris too busy trying to suck in all the earth's air to notice... OKAAAY, OKAAAY, etc.

[hanno]

Was the Pilot Thai by any chance???

Only took three posts

From a Tripadvisor posting: "Wayne, Frank, Sandra, Honey, and Graeme as well as being placed directly on target by Julian at the controls of the Porter"

All very Thai names indeed.

[maidee]

ex-taxi driver as pilot ?

same as those famous jet-ski and speedboat operators

[Fore Man]

Posted by a former tandem master with 5,200 leaps: It appears his main deployed in spite of being fouled by the A/C and he did not have to pull his reserve. The reserve pud was still stowed in his harness. Whew! I've had had a few choice words with that hotdogging pilot...in way too big of a hurry to get down to pick up another load (D-4353).

[thefactoryoutlet]

People and their ridiculous need of adrenaline always amaze me...

[harleyclarkey]

Well traines jumper.

He kept on looking around for dangers after exiting the plane. Maybe this helped to avoid disaster?

[Dogbreath]

Was the Pilot Thai by any chance???

Only took three posts

From a Tripadvisor posting: "Wayne, Frank, Sandra, Honey, and Graeme as well as being placed directly on target by Julian at the controls of the Porter"

All very Thai names indeed.

Well, Julian needs a smack upside his head.

[smccolley]

Something similar happened to me about 30 years ago jumping out if Issaquah Washington. My group jumped from 11,500 feet, and the pilot calls "Bombs Away". That is the signal for the plane at 3500 feet to clear the DZ. Well, she didn't and I missed her by 100 feet going 120mph. I most decidedly had a word with her as soon as she landed.

[CapeThai]

I saw that video but did not realize it was Thailand.

Very scary. Very lucky.

I watched to the end to see if the Instructor waited for the pilot and gave him a good smack to the head...

How about a kick in the nuts ?

[kap]

Wow!

[Nemesis7]

Some fun can turn into fatal accident .

And about the pilot I'm out of words and sincerely hope next time he uses his brains and judgements.

[joepattaya1961]

Was the Pilot Thai by any chance???

Yes, probably a former coach-driver making a U-turn

[tolsti]

Their website clearly mentions that their pilot is European.

[balo]

Their website clearly mentions that their pilot is European.

Did he have a work permit to fly in Thailand ?

[chrisinth]

If you watch the video on YouTube, scroll down the comments to agbugger's remark..............

Slight variation to it is:

"Lucky she was a gook. They never know what the flock is going on around them"

As un-PC as that may be, I'm still laughing.................

Just to take the seriousness away from the clip.

Two very lucky people there.