Woman survives 15,000ft skydive after parachute fails to open

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Woman survives 15,000ft skydive after parachute fails to open​

Awoman who fell 15,000 feet after her parachute failed to open has survived and can remember the whole thing from start to terrifying finish.

For some people, skydiving is the ultimate adrenaline rush and last year a 104-year-old woman broke the world record by becoming the oldest person to jump out of a plane.

But, for Emma Carey from Australia who was 20 at the time, the daring act left her with life-changing injuries after the parachute malfunctioned during a skydive in the Swiss Alps.

The skydive was a dream of Carey’s, who was busy ticking life goals off her bucket list, but it soon turned into a hellish nightmare after the parachute that was attached to her and the instructor malfunctioned after they jumped from the plane.

Carey and the instructor fell 4.5km from the sky and crashed into the ground below. Miraculously, both of them survived the fall, but Carey was paralysed from the waist down.

Despite the rapid fall, Carey was conscious the whole time and can recall the events in vivid detail.

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[brosil]

First, no emergency chute?
I think it was in the early 70s that a stewardess was standing near an exit door when it blew out and she fell 25k feet into a muddy pond. She got up and walked away. Sometimes, you can learn to fly.

 

[Cigarlover]

I think you reach maximum velocity after 1500 feet of free falling. So same speed at 1500 feet as it is at 15000 feet. Still, pretty amazing to survive that.

 

[Goldhedge]

A change in nickers was in order....