Friday Freakout: Terrifying Malfunction, Skydiver Lands With Parachute Wrapped Around Feet

Subscribe here for more aerial awesomeness from Teem Forlicensing, usagepleasecontact and reference CS000403 What happened This skydiver noticed he was dangerously close to the group ahead of him (now below him), so he pitched while trying to throw on the brakes with his body. The deployment was messy and the bridle wrapped around his foot. He then, went directly to reserve without chopping because I figured the main was still in the dbag in the container and I wanted to prevent a snag hazard with the risers. The reserve deployed clean, he tried to cutaway the main, but it was still snagged on his foot. He then tried to use a hook knife to get rid of it, but he dropped the knife. With the main dragging behind him he had too much drag to get to the dropzone, and having lost altitude awareness, the jumper was forced to try to land in a wooded area with a small clearing. Fortuna