• Skydiver becomes first to land without parachute (landed on a safety net)
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[QUOTE=BlackPhoenix;50804985]This might sound weird, but this isn't the highest altitude from which a person has fell (without a chute) and survived.[/QUOTE] [quote=Wikipedia]JAT stewardess Vesna Vulović survived a fall of 10,000 metres (33,000 ft)[13] on January 26, 1972 when she was aboard JAT Flight 367. The plane was brought down by explosives over Srbská Kamenice in the former Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic). The Serbian stewardess suffered a broken skull, three broken vertebrae (one crushed completely), and was in a coma for 27 days. In an interview, she commented that, according to the man who found her, "…I was in the middle part of the plane. I was found with my head down and my colleague on top of me. One part of my body with my leg was in the plane and my head was out of the plane. A catering trolley was pinned against my spine and kept me in the plane. The man who found me, says I was very lucky. He was in the German Army as a medic during World War Two. He knew how to treat me at the site of the accident."[14] In World War II there were several reports of military aircrew surviving long falls from severely damaged aircraft: Nicholas Alkemade jumped at 18,000 feet (5,500 m) without a parachute and survived as he hit pine trees and soft snow. He suffered a sprained leg. Alan Magee exited his aircraft at 22,000 feet (6,700 m) without a parachute and survived as he landed on the glass roof of a train station. Ivan Chisov bailed out at 23,000 feet (7,000 m). While he had a parachute his plan was to delay opening it as he had been in the midst of an air-battle and was concerned about getting shot while hanging below the parachute. He lost consciousness due to lack of oxygen and hit a snow covered slope while still unconscious. While he suffered severe injuries he was able to fly again in three months.[/quote] Though I suppose after you hit terminal velocity the height after that doesn't matter any more. A net sounds much nicer than a sheet of glass though...
Reading about this made me want to look up survivors of free fall without parachutes. There's only a few examples, but they are absolutely intriguing.
Title isn't nearly as exciting as the video, seriously, that's the most extreme shit i've seen in a while
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