Nobody Dies After Two Planes Full of Skydivers Crash in the Air

danniemcq · 05-11-2013 11:10AM #1

With all the doom and gloom recently have a crazy story with a brilliant headline with a scary incident but a happy ending.

theatlanticwire wrote:

Nine skydivers and two pilots survived a mid-air crash at 12,000 feet this weekend after those aboard were able to safely parachute to the ground. Two of those aboard suffered minor injuries. The surreal crash along the Wisconsin-Minnesota border left one plane totally destroyed, forcing its pilot to eject to safety. The other plane was eventually able to land. Both planes were owned by Skydive Superior.

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/11/nobody-dies-after-two-planes-full-skydivers-crash-air/71206/

Muise... · 05-11-2013 11:13AM

their grandchildren will never hear the end of it.

bnt · 05-11-2013 11:19AM

So ... what are the chances that at least one of them was wearing a GoPro? Pretty good, as it happens:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9Hmz2XiJGs

April O Neill · 05-11-2013 11:21AM

danniemcq wrote: »

With all the doom and gloom recently have a crazy story with a brilliant headline with a scary incident but a happy ending.

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/11/nobody-dies-after-two-planes-full-skydivers-crash-air/71206/

Yay! I saw that heading on the BBC site last night, got distracted and didn't click on it, but assumed everyone had died.

Jimoslimos · 05-11-2013 11:53AM

Good job they weren't relying on an inflatable life vest under the seat.

Seedy Arling · 05-11-2013 11:56AM

It's the sort of thing these dudes would have been waiting for all their lives. Finally justification for the insanity of wanting to jump out the back of a plane at crazy altitude with a bit of fabric in a back pack to stop you from falling to your inevitable doom.

05-11-2013 12:06PM

authorities still don't know why the two planes collided, though they were flying close to each other at the time,

:pac: No sh*t sherlock!

bnt · 05-11-2013 12:16PM

Considering that this happened just yesterday, I'd hardly expect the FAA to have a report out by today ...

kneemos · 05-11-2013 12:18PM

One question.
Why were the pilots wearing parachutes?

AnonoBoy · 05-11-2013 12:26PM

kneemos wrote: »

One question.
Why were the pilots wearing parachutes?

One of them was wearing two parachutes in case the first one didn't work.

The other lad just had a drawing of himself in the nip, walking his dog.

kneemos · 05-11-2013 12:31PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

One of them was wearing two parachutes in case the first one didn't work.

The other lad just had a drawing of himself in the nip, walking his dog.

I prefer my pilots without parachutes.

danniemcq · 05-11-2013 12:37PM

kneemos wrote: »

One question.
Why were the pilots wearing parachutes?

Doesn't say the pilots were wearing them at the time, I'd assume they have one under the seat perhaps.

05-11-2013 12:39PM

An ejector seat would surely have a parachute attached? Not much point firing yourself out of the plane otherwise?

Perhaps I've been watching too much James Bond.

kneemos · 05-11-2013 12:42PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

An ejector seat would surely have a parachute attached? Not much point firing yourself out of the plane otherwise?

Perhaps I've been watching too much James Bond.

Aston Martin's have ejector seats. Light aircraft not so much.

05-11-2013 12:44PM

The story says that he used the ejector seat.

Edit: No it doesn't, it says he ejected to safety using an emergency parachute!

General General · 05-11-2013 01:08PM

Will no one think of the planes...?

kitnan · 05-11-2013 01:14PM

Well chute, its good to see some plane old good news.

Sparks43 · 05-11-2013 01:17PM

Deleted User wrote: »

An ejector seat would surely have a parachute attached? Not much point firing yourself out of the plane otherwise?

Perhaps I've been watching too much James Bond.

Nearly after getting kicked out of college i laughed so much at this :eek:

Local-womanizer · 05-11-2013 01:19PM

kneemos wrote: »

One question.
Why were the pilots wearing parachutes?

In case they collided with something midair and needed to eject perhaps...

seamus · 05-11-2013 01:23PM

kneemos wrote: »

One question.
Why were the pilots wearing parachutes?

A quick google would suggest that the type of aircraft you use for skydiving is specially designed for that kind of usage, but it comes with an inherently greater risk of mid-air incidents - whether that be collisions or losing control. So the pilots tend to carry (not necessarily wear) an emergency chute in case they need to bail out - but also because they can bail out:
In most other aircraft, it's not possible to open the doors at skydiving altitudes due to air pressure and slipstreams, so carrying emergency parachutes is something of a pointless exercise since you'll never be able to use them.

A recent set of inventions has been parachutes for the actual aircraft themselves rather than those inside. Even if the aircraft hits the ground at 50km/h you're a **** load more likely to survive. It's not as useful as it sounds though since most incidents occur at take off and landing, and not mid-air.

05-11-2013 01:24PM

Deleted User wrote: »

An ejector seat would surely have a parachute attached? Not much point firing yourself out of the plane otherwise?
.

lol

*hits button*

i've made a terrible mistAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE

danniemcq · 05-11-2013 01:32PM

Deleted User wrote: »

The story says that he used the ejector seat.

Edit: No it doesn't, it says he ejected to safety using an emergency parachute!

hah now i have an image of an ejector seat in a helicopter

Muise... · 05-11-2013 01:38PM

danniemcq wrote: »

hah now i have an image of an ejector seat in a helicopter

I just had the dirtiest, darkest laugh at that. :pac:

Oink · 05-11-2013 05:26PM

kneemos wrote: »

I prefer my pilots without parachutes.

Absolutely. You need to find the right motivation for your staff.

The One Who Knocks · 05-11-2013 05:30PM

Oh come on!!..going skydiving next month for the first time and this is all I need to hear

At least they survived though!

Lapin · 05-11-2013 05:35PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

One of them was wearing two parachutes in case the first one didn't work.

If the first one didn't work how long do you reckon he had to use the second one?

Answer -

The rest of his life !!!

Yakult · 05-11-2013 05:43PM

How awesomely scary!

Capt'n Midnight · 06-11-2013 12:26AM

danniemcq wrote: »

hah now i have an image of an ejector seat in a helicopter

The Russians use them

Really.

06-11-2013 12:36AM

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

The Russians use them

Really.

Does it operate like the machine guns on the WWI planes that synchronised the bullets so they could pass through the propeller! :pac:

kitnan · 06-11-2013 12:49PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Does it operate like the machine guns on the WWI planes that synchronised the bullets so they could pass through the propeller! :pac:

An explosive charge at the base of the rotors blows the rotors clear from the helicopter and then the seat ejects. I don't know how they managed to get that one through health and safety.

Sunnyisland · 06-11-2013 01:42PM

:DAnother good news story

Burglars got the shock of their lives when they hit the home of a champion tomahawk thrower at the weekend, police said.
Nicholas Joseph Ulloa, 22, and an unnamed accomplice allegedly broke into Robin Irvine's trailer in Hemet, southern California, early Saturday morning.
With their target sound asleep, the duo are accused of eating her sandwiches and drinking her soda as they bagged up her valuables.
They then tried to prise a watch off her

But Irvine claims she woke up, bolted out of her bed and chased them outside with her tomahawk in hand.
"I could have thrown it. I could have put it right in his spine. It would have paralyzed him," she told KNBC-TV.
But, instead of killing the intruders with her deadly weapons, she said she simply saw them off - because she couldn't bring herself to cause a serious injury.
Irvine called cops who picked up Ulloa, who was hiding in a bush behind her trailer holding a bag stuffed with her possessions, minutes later.
His alleged accomplice remains at large.

Nobody Dies After Two Planes Full of Skydivers Crash in the Air

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