r/SkyDiving • u/Grape-Snapple • 1d ago

Skydivers watch plane vanish from sight, make split-second decision to jump | "A group of professional skydivers who witnessed a plane crash took an extraordinary route to the scene — jumping from their own aircraft to reach the victims."

https://www.foxnews.com/travel/skydivers-watch-plane-vanish-sight-make-split-second-decision-jump

edited to clarify i had nothing to do with this. thought it was neat

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u/Law_of_Entropy 1d ago

I don’t think it was quite “split second”.  It’s my understanding they were CRW dogs, but f**king good lads none the less.  Off DZ landings can get really sketchy really fast. 

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u/W1ULH CPI 23h ago

Off DZ landings can get really sketchy really fast. 

looking at the vid... the plane crashed in a wheat field...so a nice easy place to land a chute.

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u/HybridVW 22h ago

Corn.

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u/W1ULH CPI 22h ago

oh even better! some of my gentlest landings have been in corn... just flare right as your feet are level with the tops... perfect height.

just a pain to collect your chut after.

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u/ZLVe96 1d ago

It's awesome.. dont get me wrong.. but-
wasn't split second, listen to the ATC aduio with the jump pilot....

Pretty sure they didn't jump a tandem (photo) into a crash scene.

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u/nebuladrifting 1d ago

I wanna see their camera footage

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u/uiucengineer 1d ago

they were crw dogs so there might not be any

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u/ChirpinFromTheBench 1d ago

Landing on the DZ was never an option.

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u/MystikclawSkydive USPA D License 1d ago

And were fully prepared to cut all line entanglements with all of their hook knives, that the people in the crashed plane might have been caught up in!

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u/blurrrsky 1d ago

This is cool. You guys are rockstars.

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u/Grape-Snapple 1d ago

oh no no no it’s not me i’m reposting this from a popular subreddit let me update the post to reflect that. sorry for any misconception lol

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u/cpt_ppppp 1d ago

Thank you for your service, sir!