Here's 3-way wingsuit skydive that escalates quickly! The last wingsuiter to exit the plane gets separated from the group, so he does a steep 360 degree turn to catch up. The end result is a close call at high speed, which could've been a fatal collision. Not cool.

This canopy collision occurred at 2200 feet, which resulted in some broken lines and a cutaway at 1600 feet. Not much else to say, aside from the obvious: don't collide with other canopies. The end.

To say this incident was intense is an understatement. Here's a detailed breakdown of the event, recounted by the BASE jumpers involved in the incident:

"The plan was for jumper 1 to jump from an upper exit and flyby a lower exit where a jumper 2 would take off. Freefall would separate the two jumpers, then jumper 1 would do a 360 turn down and around jumper 2. Unfortunately, jumper 1 misjudged his turn and hit jumper 2, causing a dangerous parachute wrap nearly 200 feet over a boulder field.

The collision caused them to rotate around each other nearly three times, and the speed of the accident caused jumper 1's parachute lines to cut through jumper 2's lines, leaving him with only half an effective chute. Miraculously, at approx. 125 feet above the ground, they unwrapped midair; jumper 1 still had a fully inflated parachute and was able to kick out the line twists before landing. Jumper 2 had half a parachute spinning up on itself while he uncontrollably spiralled towards the ground before crashing into a massive boulder. His parachute hung up on the top of the boulder, stopping him from hitting the ground.

The precise point that jumper 2 impacted the boulder saved him from severe injury. The angle of his body matched the angle of the boulder, dispersing the initial impact across his body, preventing trauma. Any smaller boulder would have broken him in half. Furthermore, if he was a mere foot lower he would have impacted a shear face, one foot higher and he would have missed the big flat spot and slammed into jagged rocks on the other side.

A parachute wrap at 200 feet could easily end in one or more fatalities or at least serious injuries. The fact that the jumpers untangled and walked away with bruises, cuts and a broken helmet is nothing short of a miracle."

I'm surprised April's shoes (and head) stayed on after such a snappy opening. Now you see her, now you don't. #Magic

When you're shooting tandem, the last thing you want to see underneath you is an open parachute when you're about to pull. This was a close one and Neil got lucky!

Things get a bit sketchy on this jump when a wingsuit student loses control and collides with his instructor, narrowly missing his twig-n-giggle berries.

That terrifying moment when you BASE jump off a cliff and realize midair that you jumped the wrong exit. Yes, we all make mistakes, but this one was a few feet away from being fatal.

There's never a good time for a premature opening, which is why gear checks and a bungee cord on your leg straps (to reduce the risk of falling out of your harness) are so important.

This incident starts off with a pilot chute in tow, which was caused by a packing error (uncocked pilot chute). After an unsuccessful attempt to deploy his main parachute by pulling the bridal, this skydiver decided to go straight for his reserve parachute.

As the reserve deployed, his main parachute also came out of the container, which he immediately cut away while it was still in the d-bag, but the lines were wrapped around his feet and the main parachute began to inflate. Luckily he managed to ball up so that he could reach his feet to clear the entanglement, and he landed his reserve safely without any other exciting surprises.

This is an intense malfunction, which could've been avoided with a simple fix: cock your pilot chute 😉 What would you have done in this situation?

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