Holy shit what a FUCKING BOSS. And what the hell was that guy doing gliding anywhere near any sort of power lines. Aren't you supposed to do that in an open range off a mountain or something?
That was a poor place to make a landing, in hind sight, I bet he wouldn't do it again. The guy climbing up the tower should have brought hot-dogs with him, that way he could have his friend hold them and they would have had a HOT meal after all was said and done...just saying.
there are 10 separate insulators linked together to form a string of insulators, each insulator can insulate roughly 25'000 volts. the line is aprox 240'000 volts and the tower is grounded at 0 volts.I'm guessing that he got burnt from getting across a couple of the insulators while he was thrashing around. if he was touching the line with his foot and the guy on the tower was able to touch him, they would have both been electrocuted with the full line voltage, and a large fault current. lucky!
usually you would be electrocuted straight away, and die instantly, although this handglider is not touching earth, there is no complete circuit involving him anyware, so, if he was to touch the ground or touch something touching the ground he will be electrocuted and would be dead :)
The most unsafe rescue attempt in this video was the firefighters attempt, if that latter would have touched those lines, they could have sent hundreds of thousands of volts running through the fire truck or even worse the firefighters themselves touch the line those hundreds of thousands of volts would be running through the firefighter himself and would be extremely lucky and could be considered a miracle if he lived.
So those circular things isolate the power from the main side of the line? Do you simply die instantly (if grounded) if you touch the other side, or is there some type of shielding over the entire length of the wire too?
If you are earthed you are quite litterally evaporated. The crews that check the lines in the helicopters sometimes get electrocuted and the guy touching the line is left only as a burnt husk.
Normally contact with that magnitude of power is fatal and there isn't much left of the person. I know of two instances where people survived, according to Guinness Book of World Records:
Brian Litasa (230,000 volts)
Harry F. Mcgre (340,000 volts)
I personally don't see how they could have survived. Contact with a "mere" 7200 volt powerline is fatal about 80% of the time, not to mention a minimum of 230,000 volts.
@palpatine55 These voltages can make a solid thick copper wire explode,when short circuited with the power line.I once tested that in my childhood :D.I also dont see,how a man could survive this,when coming to full contact with this kind of voltage.
The discie ribbed thingies are insulators that support the wires at the tower. They generally are much bigger than they look. The "conductor (wire)" is not insulated being that it would add a lot of weight and is pointless for aerial suspension.
If you were to conduct 230,000 from a ht line such as this if you did not die instantly you probably wish you did.
The guy who climbed that tower had balls of titanium.
Holy shit what a FUCKING BOSS. And what the hell was that guy doing gliding anywhere near any sort of power lines. Aren't you supposed to do that in an open range off a mountain or something?
cavaliersfan124 10 months ago
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asmordi 1 year ago
wow.
everyone near those lines are so lucky to still be alive.
(rope can conduct electricity)
jwboll 1 year ago
you know what Salvatore means in Italian?
Saviour.....no name was more suitable for that Firefighter!
Ciao!
Aeshmauniversus 1 year ago 5
Darwinism at its finest. don't glide into power lines smart guy.
seoceancrosser 1 year ago
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That Salvatore guy is an idiot.
gaggle567 1 year ago
That was a poor place to make a landing, in hind sight, I bet he wouldn't do it again. The guy climbing up the tower should have brought hot-dogs with him, that way he could have his friend hold them and they would have had a HOT meal after all was said and done...just saying.
gaggle567 1 year ago
That Salvatore guy is a legend
ozbt63 2 years ago 7
there are 10 separate insulators linked together to form a string of insulators, each insulator can insulate roughly 25'000 volts. the line is aprox 240'000 volts and the tower is grounded at 0 volts.I'm guessing that he got burnt from getting across a couple of the insulators while he was thrashing around. if he was touching the line with his foot and the guy on the tower was able to touch him, they would have both been electrocuted with the full line voltage, and a large fault current. lucky!
creepers49 2 years ago
Wow u retard, hed have to touch the powerlines and the ground at the same time for him to get electrocuted, or touch 2 wires at once.
Tratiz 2 years ago
usually you would be electrocuted straight away, and die instantly, although this handglider is not touching earth, there is no complete circuit involving him anyware, so, if he was to touch the ground or touch something touching the ground he will be electrocuted and would be dead :)
xROCKxLEGENDx 2 years ago
There are still heroes in this world. God bless them.
asphixmx 3 years ago 26
@asphixmx Yep just saw some in a 9/11 video some brave firefighters. Now... who are these faggots?
Kamikuru77 11 months ago
The most unsafe rescue attempt in this video was the firefighters attempt, if that latter would have touched those lines, they could have sent hundreds of thousands of volts running through the fire truck or even worse the firefighters themselves touch the line those hundreds of thousands of volts would be running through the firefighter himself and would be extremely lucky and could be considered a miracle if he lived.
Mca55hole 3 years ago 2
Thank god people like you don't serve us as firefighters.
LegendLength 3 years ago 3
his point was it was unsafe not tht he wouldnt try and help
chickenmonger123 2 years ago
holy smokes!
neil9327 3 years ago
ouch!
tdean94 3 years ago
Looks like a suicide attempt to me..
supasquirrel2000 3 years ago
that looks nasty. kudos to those who pulled in the resources to the rescue. how long did it take
davorlim 3 years ago
bit of repair tape that glider will be fine
FCbisleybob 3 years ago 15
@FCbisleybob
right...we'll just glue it back together lol
jpgbrookes 1 year ago
Bravo Salvatore, a real heroeo,
whiss to know more about your friend the pilot, Ricardo Becerra. Mexico
ricofly47 3 years ago 6
oh shit he was standing right on the isolator! just a step towards the live side and he would be electrocuted.
the rope they used could as well be conductive anough when exposed to that high tension.
Swedediesel 3 years ago
So those circular things isolate the power from the main side of the line? Do you simply die instantly (if grounded) if you touch the other side, or is there some type of shielding over the entire length of the wire too?
LegendLength 3 years ago
If you are earthed you are quite litterally evaporated. The crews that check the lines in the helicopters sometimes get electrocuted and the guy touching the line is left only as a burnt husk.
Nasty stuff
snedie69er 2 years ago
Normally contact with that magnitude of power is fatal and there isn't much left of the person. I know of two instances where people survived, according to Guinness Book of World Records:
Brian Litasa (230,000 volts)
Harry F. Mcgre (340,000 volts)
I personally don't see how they could have survived. Contact with a "mere" 7200 volt powerline is fatal about 80% of the time, not to mention a minimum of 230,000 volts.
palpatine55 2 years ago
@palpatine55 These voltages can make a solid thick copper wire explode,when short circuited with the power line.I once tested that in my childhood :D.I also dont see,how a man could survive this,when coming to full contact with this kind of voltage.
Henzzman 2 years ago
@Henzzman It's the amperage that kills.
RegistrationCop 1 year ago
@RegistrationCop Yeah,but at this voltage the amperage is very more than enogh to kill you several hundred times over.
Henzzman 1 year ago
The discie ribbed thingies are insulators that support the wires at the tower. They generally are much bigger than they look. The "conductor (wire)" is not insulated being that it would add a lot of weight and is pointless for aerial suspension.
If you were to conduct 230,000 from a ht line such as this if you did not die instantly you probably wish you did.
The guy who climbed that tower had balls of titanium.
ismasamov55 2 years ago 4
You are right about that, had the rope been a bit wet or dirty, could have easily killed him too. Lucky they didn't become a victim as well
XyleJKH 2 years ago
The stuff hang gliding nightmares are made of...
ed061 3 years ago
very bad accident
sdrfgvrfgvsfravgdsvS 3 years ago
real men, real heroes.....
petesahatna88 4 years ago 3
I hope, he will be fine and I would wish to have similar heros close to me, if i was in trouble. Lion hearts..
jericho211214 4 years ago
heroic!!! thats an understatement.
that looks like 100+k volts..or DEATH in those live lines.
and how did he "lose control"?
acrazedmaniac 4 years ago