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Man jumps from plane with no parachute, dies
June 8, 2008 8:32 AM   RSS feed for this thread Subscribe

Call off the voting for this year's Darwin Award, we have a winner.
posted by james_cpi (8 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: It sucks that this guy died, but this a tiny little article about some guy dying. -- cortex



I read that too, and thought it had to be a suicide; no one would do that accidentally, not even a lunatic idiot!
posted by fourcheesemac at 8:36 AM on June 8


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posted by kittens for breakfast at 8:37 AM on June 8 [2 favorites]


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posted by pyramid termite at 8:37 AM on June 8 [1 favorite]


It seems likely that this was a suicide.
posted by ColdChef at 8:38 AM on June 8


Fark Blue?
posted by Jilder at 8:41 AM on June 8


Zzz. BORING
posted by WalterMitty at 8:43 AM on June 8


I've been told this does happen accidentally, generally to experienced jumpers when they get a little too at ease with the sport and careless. Specifically I was told of a recent case where an instructor went up with a couple of students without intending to jump himself. After his students exited, he changed his mind in the plane on the spur of the moment, having completely forgotten that he had not put on a chute. It's possible that this is a legend intended to scare you into being rigorous about following the routine, but I found it at least plausible.
posted by George_Spiggott at 8:44 AM on June 8


Yeah... just read more on this in the Albany Times Union... certainly a suicide. When I first read the article it seemed like a failed internet stunt copying this one.

But yeah... it was different.
posted by james_cpi at 8:46 AM on June 8


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