Woman survives fall of 15,000 feet

[Walilamdzii]

Emma plunged 15,000ft in a skydive gone wrong. She remembers every single moment

A lifelong dream turned to terror for Australian woman Emma Carey.

7news.com.au

Do you think they're missing something out of the report here or it's just an anomaly? It's off-putting hearing stories like these when considering jumping method.

 

[Kikoo]

How is that even possible-

 

[HouseofMortok]

I know someone that was in the army that had his chute fail and landed in a tree and smashed all his legs up. Cliché luck I guess.

 

[LtParis]

She still had a parachute, it was just tangled. I had to google some of the other numbers, but a functioning parachute has a decent rate of about 17 mph, they then flare to slow down in the last moments before they land. Anything over 50 mph at impact is apparently certain death, without a parachute (tangled or not) the slowest you can go is about 130 mph.

 

[WaitingAllMyLife]

If she had a tangled parachute, she had drag so not falling at full velocity. However, there HAVE been a few instances of survival with NO parachute. But they are incredibly rare.

She still had a parachute, it was just tangled. I had to google some of the other numbers, but a functioning parachute has a decent rate of about 17 mph, they then flare to slow down in the last moments before they land. Anything over 50 mph at impact is apparently certain death, without a parachute (tangled or not) the slowest you can go is about 130 mph.

130 mph is not the slowest you can go. Terminal velocity is 120 mph. But you can slow that down by creating drag either by body shape (you can cup air) or with clothing. *Note - I am a skydiver.

 

[Cheffo]

Plus softer surface I would presume. different than in a city. And dons't they where headgear? Still unusual. I suppose taking sn or something before might add extra guarantee

If she had a tangled parachute, she had drag so not falling at full velocity. However, there HAVE been a few instances of survival with NO parachute. But they are incredibly rare.

130 mph is not the slowest you can go. Terminal velocity is 120 mph. But you can slow that down by creating drag either by body shape (you can cup air) or with clothing. *Note - I am a skydiver.

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[Old Friend]

I remember hearing of one years ago where the parachute failed to open. The guy went through a load of trees and landed in a big pile of cow dung. Survived.

 

[Foreverix]

She, like some others, is an outlier. No method is 100%, but jumping involves more variables than others. Plenty of people jump from much smaller heights and die, some survive. Other people break clouds and survive, while others die. You'll never know for sure, I guess.

I don't believe in miracles, but she is lucky. If all the elements of the story are accurate, that is.

 

[SaltySuh]

Try to rephrase it, but this is a miracle if I ever heard of one. For reference, the tallest mountain in the Rocky Mountains (Mt. Elbert) is shorter than this woman's fall.

 

[sserafim]

Ugh this makes me scared to jump (my most likely method) cuz I could always end up surviving and paralyzed

 

[carac]

I think the furthest ever fall survived by a human was Vesna Vulovic who survived a 33,000ft fall

 

[exitplease]

33,000ft?!?!?!
WTF?!?!?