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[bellybellybelly]

How far of a drop from a bridge or cliff does it need to be to end it?

 

[0bebe0]

There have been some cases when people survived jumping from a plane - few kilometers high. So there's no 100% mortality with this method. And it's also painful, i think.
i heard somewhere that 5 storey building gives you 80% chance of death, assuming falling on the concrete.

 

[SomewhatLoved]

There have been some cases when people survived jumping from a plane - few kilometers high. So there's no 100% mortality with this method. And it's also painful, i think.
i heard somewhere that 5 storey building gives you 80% chance of death, assuming falling on the concrete.

This. People have had parachute malfunctions while skydiving and survived, so its not 100% effective, ever.

Try as high as possible. The high-rise building my brother lives in has a public balcony floor on like the 50th floor or something. There are glass barriers on the edges, but it would not be impossible to get over them. You need a card to even get in the building, but my point is it's possible to jump from a really high building. The fall would be longer and so probably not as quick of a method, but I would take it considering if you fail you could potentially be paraplegic or quadriplegic for the rest of your life.

 

[locked*n*loaded]

I think I've read somewhere on here that 200 to 250 feet (61 to 76 meters) is usually pretty good certainty of death.

 

[gothbird]

If you're asking about lethality, the general rule is this as others have said: it's not just the height—it's how you land.

• Around 75–100 feet (23–30 metres) is considered the minimum range where a fall has a high probability of being fatal, assuming you land head or chest first on solid ground.
• Anything above 150 feet (45+ metres) greatly increases the chance of death, but people have survived falls over 200+ feet, usually with horrific injuries.

Landing feet-first or flat increases the chance of survival with paralysis, organ rupture, or brain injury. Head-first or chest-first impact onto concrete or rock is the most reliably fatal positioning.

Into water? Totally different story. From height, water behaves like concrete. If you're falling into water and don't hit it perfectly, you're likely to suffer severe trauma but may drown after impact—but survival is far more likely than hitting solid ground.

There's no guaranteed height. Too many variables: body position, surface, weight, angle, wind, bounce. Even fatal falls aren't always instant.