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This woman was so nervous about flying, so the flight attendant explained every sound and bump and even sat here holding her hand when it still got to be too much for her (lemmy.today)
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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Truly a once in a lifetime offer.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Interestingly, that's not always true. Supposedly there are things you can do to improve your chances of surviving a fall without a parachute, like spreading your shirt to increase drag, orienting yourself to land feet-first, knees bent, or aiming for bushes. Luck is a large part of it though.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I've literally met someone who survived a parachute failure. She mentioned something vague about a skydiving incident, so I looked her up. Turns out she literally survived hitting the ground after her parachute didn't open. Lots of nasty injuries, some permanent, but nothing obviously debilitating.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I wonder if you could make a makeshift parachute by taking off your shirt. What's unclear to me though is just how rapidly you'd decelerate, and if the force associated with that would be manageable...or rip your arms off.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It would do nothing of consequence.

    Best you could try to do would be to flatten yourself out.

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