Friday Freakout: Prosthetic Leg Causes Skydiver To Spin Out of Control + Premature Opening
Get your TEEM gear here: Forlicensing, usagepleasecontact and reference CS000424 WHAT HAPPENED This is a very unique situation you don t see very often or ever. The last skydiver out of the plane diving towards the group, who were attempting to build aBFR (Big Fing Round), had a prosthetic leg. As air started to get under the prosthetic, it caused him to startspinning out of control and forced him to deploy his main parachute early. (Were assuming he was concerned about the prosthetic coming off midair. ) Very fortunately, there was no one directly above him to catch a premature opening in the face. WHY DID IT HAPPEN Ignoring Known Potential Risks While still on the ground, the jumper reportedly stated that he had never jumped without a jumpsuit before. No one here at Teem has a prosthetic so we cant personally attest to the potential for one to come o
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