I jumped last week for my first tandem jump and I don't feel experienced enough to do the AFF yet.I plan to jump tandem again to gain more awareness before the next step of skydiving.It's an amazing sport.
Looked like the jumpmaster was in the wrong place at the wrong time.. By his wrong doing or due to the other variables (wind etc). I'm just glad to see they are all ok.
you can see the instructor on the left of the screen trying to push the students arm/hand toward his ripcord, yet the student isnt having any of it!!! one freaked out student!!
@servicehans there's a cutaway cord and a reserve canopy rip cord on your chest. It loomed like he was going for the cutaway which makes the least sense of your options. He was confused and that's understandable for a first timer. You can kinda lose your mind up there if you're inexperienced.
@Khekkie yeah my first jump i froze for a little while just enjoying the view and then saw the index finger and was like oh right i gotta pull went to reach for it but the instructor already pulled it was amazing nontheless defo do again!!!!
out of aprox 3 million skydives a year there are 30 deaths....
thats like a 1 and 100.000 chance of dying...and yes that means you have a better chance to die in a car accident then skydiving but so few accidents happen in skydiving thats why it makes the headline i mean if you where to see the news that 120 ppl die each day of car crashesh you would go insane...thats around 1 death every 15 min...and thats only in america!!!
I truly think the instructor should've opened the main canopy himself instead of showing the 'Open' sign like 3 times. You do it once, maybe twice, but then you open it yourself.
Well the ripcord is the thing you pull if you plan on opening your chute, and the chest strap is the front part of your harness that goes across your chest. :)
AFF is a great program...works really well most of the time. The AFFIs in here were definitely not the most solid flyers I have ever seen...good flying could have prevented the collision. The student got the raw deal here...students aren't expected to be bulletproof...the instructors should have been better....bottomline.
Yea, the student screwed up but one of the AFFI fell into his purble during deployment. He didn't have a harness hold when he should: AFFI's screw up, and he got above the student at the worst possible time: AFFI's screw up.
Maybe, just maybe, the problem is related to taking total novices and putting them directly into free-fall for 60 seconds. I would think that for a person totally new to the sport the simple act of exiting an aircraft is enough challenge. Of course that's not what "students" want and it's not what pays the big bucks.
it's funny how this happens like 1 time out of hundreds of thousands. nobody watches the videos of all the successful jumps? just cos it happened to this guy doesn't mean they should stop doing AFF courses.
Worked for me, it's a great way to learn, not for everyone I guess, but everyone knows there's a chance of student overload which is why it's dififcult to qualify as an AFFI and there are two who never let go for first time jumpers.
is it just me? or does it seem like the cameray flyer is letting on for it to be worse than it was? not too say it wasn't bad, but still...he's not a media guy, he's an asshole like us!
No, it was really bad. The relative velocity after a fraction of a second's deployment can be fatal and has killed skydivers. If the AFFI had been a little higher the impact alone could have killed them. They could also have been entangled. Even relative velocities in freefall with no deployment has killed skydivers. Some from impact and others from being knocked out. The camera flyer was not exaggerating, but the video underplays the instructor's contribution to the incident.
Aaaack. Why do so many students go for the cutaway handle rather than the ripcord? Pretty much every failed AFF jump I've seen, that's been the problem.
If the instructor was knocked unconscious, wouldn't the reserve deploy once the instructor's altitude was below a certain amount?
blofeld9999 5 months ago
I jumped last week for my first tandem jump and I don't feel experienced enough to do the AFF yet.I plan to jump tandem again to gain more awareness before the next step of skydiving.It's an amazing sport.
marine919 5 months ago
Looked like the jumpmaster was in the wrong place at the wrong time.. By his wrong doing or due to the other variables (wind etc). I'm just glad to see they are all ok.
scarletrose44 9 months ago
you can see the instructor on the left of the screen trying to push the students arm/hand toward his ripcord, yet the student isnt having any of it!!! one freaked out student!!
creativebollocks 1 year ago
E, entre mortos e vivos, salvaram-se todos!
20202020ish 1 year ago
q loucoooooooooooooo
BRASIL COMENTARY
eduardouchihamadara 1 year ago
Sensory overload
Khekkie 1 year ago
@servicehans there's a cutaway cord and a reserve canopy rip cord on your chest. It loomed like he was going for the cutaway which makes the least sense of your options. He was confused and that's understandable for a first timer. You can kinda lose your mind up there if you're inexperienced.
Khekkie 1 year ago
@Khekkie yeah my first jump i froze for a little while just enjoying the view and then saw the index finger and was like oh right i gotta pull went to reach for it but the instructor already pulled it was amazing nontheless defo do again!!!!
thefreaksunion 1 year ago
so why was he trying to open his chest strap? i mean .. if he opens it, the chute will fly away, wouldnt it?
Servicehans 1 year ago
@Servicehans the student would fall out of his rig and die.
dwandt 1 year ago
hahahhahahaha that was hillarious!
UKmarkj 1 year ago
out of aprox 3 million skydives a year there are 30 deaths....
thats like a 1 and 100.000 chance of dying...and yes that means you have a better chance to die in a car accident then skydiving but so few accidents happen in skydiving thats why it makes the headline i mean if you where to see the news that 120 ppl die each day of car crashesh you would go insane...thats around 1 death every 15 min...and thats only in america!!!
Lenny08mg 1 year ago 4
I truly think the instructor should've opened the main canopy himself instead of showing the 'Open' sign like 3 times. You do it once, maybe twice, but then you open it yourself.
Zilounay 1 year ago
kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
nem sei que que isso
blaide510 2 years ago
Omg he went for his chest strap - how frightening! Glad they were all okay, could have been a LOT worse!
I had my first tandem jump on the weekend, and would love to do the AFF course, I think the key is to remain focused and listen to your coach!
Glad everyone landed unhurt! xx
eventerkatie84 2 years ago
what's the difference between the chest strap and the ripcord?
lorenzol1996 2 years ago
Well the ripcord is the thing you pull if you plan on opening your chute, and the chest strap is the front part of your harness that goes across your chest. :)
eventerkatie84 2 years ago
you pull the chest strap you die
you pull the ripcord you live
freakyflow33 2 years ago 6
AFF is a great program...works really well most of the time. The AFFIs in here were definitely not the most solid flyers I have ever seen...good flying could have prevented the collision. The student got the raw deal here...students aren't expected to be bulletproof...the instructors should have been better....bottomline.
LESIONER 2 years ago 4
Yea, the student screwed up but one of the AFFI fell into his purble during deployment. He didn't have a harness hold when he should: AFFI's screw up, and he got above the student at the worst possible time: AFFI's screw up.
dorbie 2 years ago
lucky lucky lucky both guys... happyend.
l0lkie 2 years ago
Omg... the chest strap? What an idiot.
'Oh no, this parachute is dangerous! Must get out of it...'
Anyway, knocked unconscious? That's what the safety device is for. So, it's a Jumpmaster fail as well.
zolikoff 2 years ago
could have broken the students neck on impact there.
not fun
sampsonoff 3 years ago 12
Maybe, just maybe, the problem is related to taking total novices and putting them directly into free-fall for 60 seconds. I would think that for a person totally new to the sport the simple act of exiting an aircraft is enough challenge. Of course that's not what "students" want and it's not what pays the big bucks.
daddydeathsmack 3 years ago
it's funny how this happens like 1 time out of hundreds of thousands. nobody watches the videos of all the successful jumps? just cos it happened to this guy doesn't mean they should stop doing AFF courses.
jameslovestoskydive 3 years ago 23
I totally agree with that.
DaanBakbanaan 2 years ago
@jameslovestoskydive we need videos like this to filter out all the wussies.
voxtelnismo 3 months ago
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punisher17011990 2 years ago
1st jump should be tandem....the thrill of that first exit is unexplainable, I remember mine as if it was yesterday!
REMEMBER GUYS THE SKY IS NOT THE LIMIT THE GROUND IS!
f2mc 2 years ago
That's an option, some schools do it that way. some don't. AFF works and is used to train most modern skydivers.
dorbie 2 years ago
Worked for me, it's a great way to learn, not for everyone I guess, but everyone knows there's a chance of student overload which is why it's dififcult to qualify as an AFFI and there are two who never let go for first time jumpers.
dorbie 2 years ago
is it just me? or does it seem like the cameray flyer is letting on for it to be worse than it was? not too say it wasn't bad, but still...he's not a media guy, he's an asshole like us!
WingAce5 3 years ago
No, it was really bad. The relative velocity after a fraction of a second's deployment can be fatal and has killed skydivers. If the AFFI had been a little higher the impact alone could have killed them. They could also have been entangled. Even relative velocities in freefall with no deployment has killed skydivers. Some from impact and others from being knocked out. The camera flyer was not exaggerating, but the video underplays the instructor's contribution to the incident.
dorbie 2 years ago 3
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DanaSwift 3 years ago
with a name like dana,we figured you're female :?
jayhelldee 3 years ago
Aaaack. Why do so many students go for the cutaway handle rather than the ripcord? Pretty much every failed AFF jump I've seen, that's been the problem.
merpette 3 years ago
dude thats an exaggeration. i would say most failed jumps occur because the student loses altitude awareness or doesnt complete the required TLOs
t0winthiswar 3 years ago 2
Not cool. Horrible spot for a handle though, especially on a student rig. Surprised jumpmaster didn't take severe injury.
atomf 3 years ago
Like...ow.
Sw1mm3rX 3 years ago
that would suck hard but if i was th dive master i wouldent be mad cuz id know that in my job people panic thats why im there id just laught it off
crowofdeath2 3 years ago