Damn Lucky I Parachute Hang Up

Para-jumpers got his parachute tangled up with plane during jump but
somehow escaped and landed safely.

[@sitcorocket]

Just seen this....broke out in cold sweat.. static line jumps were common in my time but never saw this happen...well done for coming out of it ok.

[@FormerGovernmentHuman]

I had the misfortune of witnessing a static line injury my 6th jump, he had his bicep ripped clean off. His arm looked like that of an old saggy armed librarian, you could see the detail of the bone against the skin. I landed right next to him and was the first to respond but there was nothing I could do except carefully get him out of the harness and get his top off. I also witnessed my friend become a towed jumper while I was waiting to land and plf. I didn’t know it was him until we all got back to the B’s. They managed to drag him back into the jump door. I hate that it happened to either of them, especially the static line injury but I’m so blessed it wasn’t me. I have a legitimate phobia of static line jumps because of the possibility of either happening. I would rather HALO/HAHO 1000 times than ever static line jump again.

[@TheFremenBlue]

@@FormerGovernmentHuman My brother-in-law told me about something similar when he was in Green Beret training in the 70's and they were doing static line jumps. A guy ahead of him got tangled up in the lines somehow and when he hit the end, it broke his back. He then slipped free and parachuted down with a broken back. Brother-in-law saw it happen but had to jump when it was his turn.

[@josephbirchman2870]

Static line jump. Arms in. Hands on the spare.

[@ahdoeknogh]

This guy is lucky the parachute didn't actually deploy from the bag. He would likely be nothing more than a red mist and some chunks the way those risers were wrapped around him. The rigger, the inspector, the paratrooper himself, and his static line check buddy may all have some explaining to do depending on what was visible with this jump kit.

[@dangvorbei5304]

JMPI is done for a reason.

[@Ben_dover1985]

Does that stand for “jump master parachute inspection” or something? Because I have no clue what that acronym means! I’m not in the military, nor have I ever (or will never) jumped out of a plane lol!

[@simonbird1973]

Hell of a pub story! 🍻🍻

[@RoscoesRiffs]

Things have changed in the 30 years I retired. I made more than 200 static-line jumps, all of them tucked in tight and NOT "stable spread." THIS is every jumpmaster's nightmare. It could have been at night in bad weather -- which would have been WAAAYY worse. So glad nobody died.

[@JammyDodger45]

I take it you didn't do any Steerable Static Line descents with kit into water which is what these guys are training for. Hence the different exit position.

[@rickydepledge3245]

Back in 86. We were taught. Hupra was carried but would never be needed. You never heard of hung ups. Ive since seen and heard of a few. Our training and drills and checks was excellent. You realise how good Brit training was when you jumped with other armies and saw their methods. Lucky guy.😅

[@carldowd406]

Which month in 86 did you go through TRG? If you don't mind me asking👍

[@LanceA72]

Never seen a static line jump with arms out like that. We always kept ours in tight.

[@KyleCowden]

Yeah, he was weather vaning. We were taught one hand on the auxiliary ripcord and the other on top of your helmet to signal ready for the cutaway.

[@zeck8541]

That’s why he got wrapped. When his line flipped, he arm got caught in it. That’s exactly why you keep tucked and not arms out. That’s very WW2 Russian and German to jump like that. Surprised to see UK troops do that. Even though this is obviously an old video based on the uniforms.

[@JammyDodger45]

He's Tailgating, we jump with a 'stable spread' position as this is how we'll jump when carrying heavier loads. The position when going out the side door is totally different, tucked in tight.

[@zeck8541]

@@JammyDodger45 it’s still why he got wrapped up. You can see it happen at 0:04. You won’t ever find US troops jump like that. For anything. Not on a static line.

[@JammyDodger45]

@@zeck8541 - you're wrong on both counts. He got hooked up as his rigging lines had a tether still attached which means the impact of the opening turned him and lead to a rigging line getting trapped in an Equipment Hook. Additionally I've tailgated from US CH47s with USMC Force Recon and they absolutely used a Stable Spread position whilst static line jumping. Ten seconds of searching on here will find Yanks doing so.

[@ronralph5726]

From an Army Armor veteran of nearly 11 years…this is why I was in tanks on the ground rather than being an Airborne Ranger living a life of danger!

[@kevthedev9541]

When I did my training during the 80s, we were told that "Adrenaline was a brown liquid that runs down the inside of your legs!"

[@guarita]

The orange/red bag visible in 0:43 seems like a HUPRA. Equipment designed specifically for this situation.

[@xtroncool007]

HURPA???? Please explain

[@jacqueslegoualher5045]

thanks i understand better now ;)

[@graememilne4202]

@@xtroncool007 Hung Up Parachutist Release Assembly. It works too, British paratrooper called Ronnie Millington was saved by it.

[@gehlen52]

UK. paras. At 0.54 he gives a thumbs up, he knew what they were setting up.

[@gehlen52]

@@DM-ur8vcMight very well be.

[@renegade_patriot]

Former US paratrooper here. There are procedures for a towed parachutist, as in this case. If you become towed, and are conscious, the jumpmaster in the door will begin to cut your static line, yell to the jumper that he is about to do so, and tell you to standby to deploy your reserve chute. Since you cannot actually see the jumpmaster and the environment is very loud, the jumpmaster will ask you to give a thumbs up acknowledging that you are ready to pull a reserve chute. This is to verify everyone is on the same page, and that the jumper is alert and/or conscious. Obviously cutting an unconscious towed jumper is a death sentence. If the towed jumper IS unconscious, then there is a different procedure.

[@dave9351]

Many moons ago (mid 90's) I did a number of jumps at skydive Paso Robles; back when you had to climb out on the wing of a Cessna, hold on to a strut and when the instructor yelled at you, you released and performed the proper "Arms & legs spread out"... the line that was attached to the plane (Just like this video) would open your chute. The instructor on the ground had us "helmet-wired" to talk to us and instruct us as to when to turn, where to land, etc. Second jump, instead of performing the "Out-Stretched arms and legs", I went into the fetal position and was told "I flew over the opening chute"... Everyone on the ground couldn't believe i didn't "Clam-Shell" myself directly into the chute which would have killed me by not allowing me to breakaway from my main and release my emergency chute. Pure luck it was and the veteran skydivers looked at me all day, shaking their heads in disbelief.

[@codyking4848]

That's scary. I had a near-clamshell on my second solo jump. Didn't seem that bad to me, but watching the GoPro footage from the chaser afterwards made my skin crawl.

[@33tonino]

the "Arms & legs spread out"..we call "posizione dell'angelo""angel position...i was in the Folgore Regiment in the 71

[@TheJonathanNewton]

If that had been me that road down below would have been drenched by a heavy brown shower!

[@CommitPesticideWorldwide]

I bet this guy doesnt even know this video of him exists lol. Best parasailing trip ever

[@imbetterthanyouis]

just thanking who ever deity i never got hung up , it just seems like its unpleasant enough to not want to happen

[@AlexinOslo]

I have no idea why and how I did tactical and freefall jumps in my 20s....I used to be on the tarmac, begging to go again and again. What was I thinking 😂

[@dangvorbei5304]

That your knees would last forever?

[@serronserron1320]

Well you probably work everyday well you probably drive to work everyday in a car even though hundreds of people are killed in car accidents everyday. It only matters so much if you think you're a good driver.

[@mandelorean6243]

Statistically even 1 to 1 ratio, driving cars is more dangeorus

[@dangvorbei5304]

@@mandelorean6243 Maybe you're confusing this with civilian skydiving. Military static line parachuting is a completely different animal and there's no comparison. Sooner or later you get hurt. Not if, but when.

[@romankowalczuk1762]

Duh... in/on a Cessna you go out or off face DOWN. The static line is BEHIND you and the canopy inflates UPWARDS, above you. You're nowhere NEAR the inflating canopy!

[@WGWGWGW3]

Never saw such an exit position....

[@Ranger830]

Dang! Sometimes it’s better to be Lucky than good!!!! Check equipment? Sometimes shit happens when Mr. Murphy is along for the Jump. 😎 hooah.

[@philipsturtivant9385]

I replied to someone yesterday, before seeing the video to the end - which is where you see (what looks like) his static line trapped against his harness by one of the clips securing his suspended load to his harness. Somebody sleepwalking thru gearchecks?

[@petehaack5228]

Over 30 years ago, in the 82nd, I had something similar happen. The static line was wrapped around the main lift web. Something felt off when I hooked up, because as a big guy, I always popped the first band. The guy behind me slapped my back and said all good, but it still didn't feel right. I was right door, outboard and yelled to my buddy diagonally behind me on the inboard to check. It got fixed, but the jump master tried to accuse me of tampering with my own chute. Idiot was just trying to cover his ass because he missed it on pre jump inspection. I was just glad I was not a towed jumper!

[@ashleystyles6888]

Such a display of discipline courage and teamwork. Bravo!! Outstanding!!

[@SpaceRanger187]

The VA- your shoulder injury is denied

[@ashleystyles6888]

@@Klemheist one wrong move and it was game over.

[@ProDMiner]

Cheerrrrr roger ummm we got a tangled mess again, ah damnit frank! Roger I’ll go rappel to him lol

[@FormerGovernmentHuman]

Static line injuries and being a towed jumper were literally my greatest fears. I would rather get into a firefight 10x over than deal with either of those. I honestly would rather get shot again.

[@Ben_Kimber]

Again? So you've been shot before?

[@franagorn]

@@Ben_Kimber clearly

[@Ben_Kimber]

@@franagorn I assumed as much. I guess what I was looking for was details.

[@DonaldMcNuGGeT]

Lie some more 😂😂😂 bro added “ I’d rather get shot again “ stolen valor isn’t a flex kid

[@piraterouge7324]

He get shot, but he didn’t said he have been hit.

[@lav25og83]

Great idea, even a front mounted reserve might have been obstructed by that tangle. It looked like a pretty small chute, so I suspect he came down pretty fast and dangling all crooked. But I remember film of i think a female in Thailand got battered to hell and came out the rig. She would have appreciated this thing. Surprised it took 50 years

[@markh3376]

Oh, he is very lucky on the land....😮

[@anthonyortiz7924]

Thank god the camera guy kept filming instead of assisting.

[@serronserron1320]

I guess he could have jumped on the rope outside the aircraf

[@SergeantExtreme]

Are you brain dead or something?

[@maddoxmartin5698]

What’s he gonna do? Jump out with him? Cut the line? Yell?

[@anthonyortiz7924]

@@maddoxmartin5698 Spoken like a true bystander.

[@tiagomonteiro130]

​​​Then tell us what you would have done, and not just help specific.​@@anthonyortiz7924

[@Deano4322]

If thats a member of the British Parachute Regiment upon landing his first words would have been “ wow what a thrill , can we do it again ? “

[@SydneySewerat]

Apparently there was a hang up with the NZ army many years ago and cause it was so rare, the pilot wanted to see, so handed over to co-pilot and went to the ramp, dunno if he let the co-pilot have a look too but the the poor bloke was rag doll dragged around a few minutes more than necessary. On my army parachute course (Australia) our drill was to put hands on head and look back, await for jumpmaster to cut your static line so you'd then be on your own with your reserve chute.

[@chrissmith7669]

Yep. Hands on helmet meant you were woke and able to pull the reserve. Lol. Flopping in the breeze meant they’d have to drag the meat sack back in.

[@JammyDodger45]

What happened if you were unconscious. Who pulled your reserve then?

[@Nik-nd1mv]

​@@JammyDodger45they pull you back into the plane.

[@JammyDodger45]

@@Nik-nd1mv - really. How?

[@Nik-nd1mv]

@@JammyDodger45 in german Planes there is some sort of a winch. Operated by the jumpmasters (3) and the mechanics.

[@carldowd406]

Just to tie up a technicality if i may? During HUPRA nothing is attached at the body end of the parachutist. Back in the day on the PX 1 Mk 4 the Hupra cable is passed through every single static line buckle to ensure that the primary and targeted static line is encompassed in the system. Checks sre carried out until finally the 'Cable' an intrinsic piece of the aircraft is bolt cropped. On average from start to finish, HUPRA can normally be deployed successfully in around 7 minutes..!

[@grahamthebaronhesketh.]

I have never seen a hang up. We jumped with front mounted reserves in the early days.

[@onerider808]

“so when you jump, just fling your arms out wide. Don’t worry, they’ll never get caught in the risers”. -jumpmaster from the stupidest army in the world

[@JammyDodger45]

You don't know what you're talking about. If this type of jump is beyond your level of understanding you should probably keep your ignorance to yourself.

[@wolfpack4694]

I'm amazed that they do a static line jump using that technique with the arms out. In US Army jump school we were taught to put our hands on the reserve to keep them from flailing around. That dude was lucky his chute deployed after he was cut from the aircraft.

[@Rover2430]

It wasn't "his" parachute that deployed, it was the HUPRA.

[@ruthnagarya2028]

My God what DETERMINATION...bless that parachuter.

[@cageordie]

Nothing to do with him, watch to the end and his static line was through one of the clips. This was a hangup rescue parachute, so the people in the plane hooked him to the emergency parachute then cut him free.

[@matthewbaynham6286]

I'm guessing it's different from computer games where you can press the pause button if things are difficult.

[@jimmiller5600]

Jumps. Clip on parachute rig is placed wrong(?). Crew attach parachute to the aircraft end of the rip cord and set him free.

[@user-wo3uy7le2w]

В СССР в армии при выброске парашютистов учили группироваться- ноги поджать ,руками обхватить запасной парашют на груди и голову прижать к груди.

[@JammyDodger45]

Was that an attempt to stop them being slaughtered by Ukranians when they landed? I'm pleased to say it didn't work.

[@user-wo3uy7le2w]

@@JammyDodger45 я не обсуждаю в комментариях политику , войны , насилие . Будьте счастливы.

[@JammyDodger45]

By mentioning CCCP you brought politics to the party Tovarich.

[@user-wo3uy7le2w]

@@JammyDodger45 How are the name of the country and the policy related? In the comments , I told how parachutists were trained in the USSR .What does politics have to do with it? Be healthy!

[@user-yl9kq4vu7y]

Это вообще где ? И из-за чего ? Я думал всё , не выпутается !

[@MrReyRey]

I seen a lot of similar videos like this why does the cable get wrapped around the person's arm is it something wrong with the the parachuter right before they jump or is it a defect

[@Daisygirl05Jan23]

My first jump in airborne school I got straight, knocked out I couldn’t even remember shuffling to the plane for about a day and a half

[@anotherguy9402]

That must be the clown getting everyone extra pushups and laps 😅

[@t-dog8528]

How would a small hydraulic spindle work to wrap the lead around and do a quick recovery of the jumper

[@Shogun459]

DAMN Kept a cool head and assessed the situation.

[@wordreet]

Holy f Amazing that he came out of that ok! 😮

[@johnlittlefield4998]

1981 when I attended jump school black hats stated you become a yow jumper if you can pat your hand on your helmet cut you loose deploy your back up 😊

[@Tradeur-Cueilleur]

The best day of his life !

[@Peter-lm3ic]

Before exit a proper 'equipment check' was obviously not carried out at all or properly.

[@brucefraser8583]

Good training kicks in . ALWAYS

[@fxp32]

Je serais curieux de savoir comment ils vont faire à l'atterrissage ...

[@hardlyhogan4915]

used to pack HUPRAS at Raf Lyneham in 1989

[@carldowd406]

That's interesting, never thought of that of course, but they were a permanent feature on fat Albert of course, well done you👍

[@80-80.]

This was probably his last jump

[@jonetyson]

Also it was his last use of that particular pair of underwear.

[@ryancrazy1]

what happened at the end? Did the crew attach some kind of emergency chute to him and them cut him loose?

[@dogbone6315]

If your going to post something, don’t say in the description that he “somehow escaped”. They attach another parachute and cut the lines. Do a little research.

[@-_.._._--_.-.-_-_-_-...-.-]

He somehow escaped.

[@Talpiot_Program]

​@@-_.._._--_.-.-_-_-_-...-.-Beautiful. 😂

[@Talpiot_Program]

I do agree with you. But the reply was classic. 😂

[@zacharyroyce]

Not being already familiar with this stuff, this is exactly the answer I was looking for.

[@thePronto]

Right at the end someone points to a quick release clip from the equipment container attached to something that I guess wasn't supposed to be attached to. This looks like the UK.

[@percyfaith11]

You can tell from the traffic on the highway that it's UK, or at least where they drive on the left side of the road.

[@fatwhitebloke9851]

Weston on the green drop zone with the traffic .

[@kuper5856]

У моего курсанта вытяжная веревка при одевании парашюта на старте прошла под плечевым обхватом, в результате зависание за самолетом Ан-2, кое-как втянули обратно на борт. Парашют был Д-1-5У, на принудиловку, Попотели капитально 🥴 Слава Богу обошлось ! 👍🪂💯

[@user-xw2xp3xu5i]

Д-1 на Новый год 100 лет минимум

[@kuper5856]

@@user-xw2xp3xu5i Не путать с ПД-47. Сам с ним не прыгал, но в Питере в Лисем носу видел прыжок с этим парашютом. Точно не помню, то-ли в 80-м, или в 81-м году, вот это точно древность !

[@user-xw2xp3xu5i]

@@kuper5856 По моему спутал с Д-5. или Д-6.

[@user-cv1go2te3j]

@user-xw2xp3xu5i Никак НЕТ @kuper5856 абсолютно ничего не перепутал, был и до сих пор существует такой парашют Д-1-5у. Этот парашют считается самым надёжным, естественно при условии грамотной эксплуатации. Парашют для обучения начинающих спортсменов, которые выполнили предварительно три прыжка на Д-5 или ( Д-6 практически аналог 5го ) И у Д-1-5у есть несколько вариантов раскрытия 1 принудительный, когда с купола стягивается чехол который привязан фалом который зацепляется к самолёту карабином; 2 эмитация ручного раскрытия, тот же фал, но чехол стягивается вытяжным пружинным шаром - парашютиком; и 3 для более опытных - ручное раскрытие, человек сам должен самостоятельно выдернуть вытяжное кольцо для раскрытия ранца и выхода шарика который в свою очередь стягивает чехол с купола. (причём стропы в отличии той дурацкой системы что на видео, на Д-1-5у уложены аккуратно в соты которые находятся в основании чехла).

[@kuper5856]

@@user-xw2xp3xu5i Нет не спутал, Д-5 и Д-6 это армейские десантные парашюты. Д-1-5у идет от пар.системы Д-1-8 Имеет три разновидности укладки: принудительное стягивание чехла, расчековка ранца и ручное раскрытие. Отработал 21год инструктором ПДП в авиаклубе, на память вроде-бы еще не жалуюсь. Удачи ! 👍🪂

[@elmerjfapp5730]

wouldn't that guy still have been tangled up and unable to assume a landing position with his gear caught in cables right above his head? im pretty sure not having the rest of this video means there wasn't much a good landing for him in this event

[@JammyDodger45]

The HUPRA parachute has a slower rate of descent than the standard chute ... but you're right, it's going to be a bad landing no matter what!

[@xfire7]

Yes that was a special chute attached to the static line .

[@tomcook7678]

My first sergeant tried getting me to try out for special forces. I always refused, and he finally asked why. I said that would involve jumping out of planes. Do you really want to have someone there with a pry bar to get me out of my seat, and to have to physically throw me from the plane?? He never asked again.

[@ericthiel4053]

Be willing to bet a change of pants was in order upon hitting the ground. Never seen arms out like that during static jumps, maybe was the cause?

[@cageordie]

He didn't escape, he was just cargo. They attached an emergency parachute to his static line and then cut him free under that chute. Actually, searches for "hangup rescue parachute" come here first, so I guess that's what it is.

[@null7936]

I guess he change branch and is now serving in a submarine.

[@joycemyers8140]

Oh hell, he's really sunk then.

[@waynebrown1563]

Just wondering who was filming ???

[@LJS01]

When I was jumping with easy company of the Brit para's out of da-nang during operation petticoat, we always jumped with our left hand tapping the top of our heads and our right hand rubbing our stomachs in a circular motion, NFI what this blokes doing.

[@davidc9441]

My desk job is feeling not so bad now.

[@ernestogamboasilva8980]

...lucky man!...thanks to God!...

[@wisdomthroughaworldofwords1412]

Geez...all I could think about was what was this guy thinking just stuck dangling from a plane at what...5000 feet? This is how you know when you're going to die.

[@auwz66]

Gnarly. The thing is I can tell you for sure on the way down after he was cut free all he was thinking is I hope the landing kills me because I am getting chewed out big style for this!

[@milk_chemistry]

Well at least he was hooked in

[@CazualTim]

So.... no way to bring him back onto the plane? If the result seen in this video doesn't happen, do they just land dragging him on the runway?

[@Wobbler619]

Is that Weston on the Green in England. Aircraft looked to be a Shorts Skyvan? Must be very old video as wearing DPM.

[@JammyDodger45]

It is, it is and it is. 100% correct, take Sunday off.

[@grahamjordan1040]

Fixing an emergency chute to the line then cutting it away is normal practice

[@rnews5750]

Was there no way in pulling him back into the aircraft? Looks like they attached an emergency chute and cut him loose.

[@patoloco3435]

Por q saltan con brazos y piernas abiertas????? Saludos desde Chile 🇨🇱

[@NarrowKilla]

I'm curious how far he landed from the actual landing zone lol

[@JammyDodger45]

He landed on the DZ.

[@NarrowKilla]

@@JammyDodger45 hmmmm

[@JammyDodger45]

There's no hmmmm about it, this video was part of the training course for all British military paratroopers for about 20yrs, I've seen the full version a handful of times. The aircraft didn't just fuck off to the far horizon, it went into orbit around the DZ and the hung up paratrooper was released at the point in that orbit that would get him on to the DZ because that's where the medics would be waiting!

[@NarrowKilla]

@@JammyDodger45 oh okay that is convenient, good thing chute is reliable

[@ThePsiclone]

legend has it he's still walking back (and yeah read the other commenters, just joking)

[@Newmanicus]

That's scary stuff! 😮

[@KyleCowden]

How'd you like to be that rigger when they pull your number from that pack?

[@TheNinindi]

Do they get fired for something like this?

[@KyleCowden]

@@TheNinindi no, not necessarily. But an inquiry will follow and if a mistake was made, maybe retraining and/or Art. 15. If negligence, possible strong discipline and/or court martial leading to dishonorable discharge. The latter is like never the case. But negligence in any discipline will do that. Sometimes, there's just a material/mechanical failure.

[@ernesthofmeister3054]

"I will be sure, always"......except that day,!

[@Fyrestare]

saw a similar video where the guy got untangled and just dropped... chute never opened

[@BrillPappin]

What's he pointing to in the last bit?

[@lacieb4585]

Maybe he was chocked by breaking an arm or hardly squeezed (hallo Yello swiss duo) in groins by the ropes? So not moving after the strapping on.😢

[@dirkmoolman]

Wonder how far off base he landed

[@randyreal5871]

Why did you jump tho?

[@ender1151]

static line was under his arm when he jumped

[@fastone942]

I forgot why I allways carry a knife i the days I was still skydiving even started to think no reason to have it

[@user-vw9mb4tv9k]

Was this guy deliberately trying to do this? Or did he sneak on the plane and never went to jump school? He even ripped off his reserve.

[@henryrodgers1752]

Slowed it down to 0.5speed: looks like his groin straps broke or weren’t fastened properly, after the risers tangled in that aluminum piece. Lotta things went wrong in sequence but WOW, is he lucky.

[@Egor22rus.]

А теперь кто понимает, расскажите что случилось???

[@dafox0427]

I just want to know how he managed to get back to the DZ. Was the aircraft just spinning circles until he got free? it didnt seem like it.

[@dangvorbei5304]

There is a winch called a static line retrieval system that just hooks into or in front of the static line, then you suck him back into the aircraft. Or if he's conscious, just cut him free and he'll activate his reserve chute. Hopefully.

[@dangvorbei5304]

@Klemheist and almost certainly watched him rolling 'round there in the welter of his gore...and he ain't gonna jump no more.

[@JammyDodger45]

@@dangvorbei5304- there is no winch in a Shorts Skyvan (this aircraft) and Brits have never used winches.

[@dangvorbei5304]

@@JammyDodger45 then unless the JM has some serious biceps, poor Towed Jumper Guy is just SOL.

[@JammyDodger45]

@dafox - the aircraft is trimmed to reduce turbulence around the hung up paratrooper and goes into a slow wide orbit around the DZ. The jumper is released at a point in the orbit which increases the likelihood of them landing in the DZ.

[@bosquimanu]

Sin duda fallo al entrelazar la línea estática.

[@Robert-pp6ff]

He lucked out .

[@peterrussell663]

First use of HUPRA (Hung Up Parachutist’s Recovery Assembly?) I believe. I was at RAF Brize Norton that day (in 1992/1993 I recall), doing a photo-shoot for No1 PTS when a signal came in to dash to RAF Weston-on-the-Green to cover it, but traffic delayed me so I missed it although we did watch the Hercules circling while driving there. Lucky man.

[@JammyDodger45]

I did my Basic Parachute Course in '94 and we watched this video as part of the classroom phase so your timeline sounds good to me although it was a Steerables Course jumping from a Skyvan so no Herc overhead unless they were just sightseeing 😁

[@peterrussell663]

@@JammyDodger45 I must have got my timelines mixed up! This IS obviously a Skyvan, but the first use of HUPRA was from a Hercules, with I think a soldier from 5 AB Bde Log Bn just before they deployed to Rwanda. There is, or was, a great video of that around somewhere on KZbin 👍🏼

[@carldowd406]

Release Assembly, the system doesn't recover, it releases the parachutist from the aircraft along with every other static line and D bag on the same cable... Just an observation 👍

[@peterrussell663]

@@carldowd406 you’re quite correct. I recall the first use of HUPRA took quite a long time to deploy, but it worked successfully.

[@carldowd406]

@@peterrussell663 morning Peter, I couldn't comment on that mate but I just know that by the mid 80s and as I have said elsewhere on this post, it could be successfully deployed in around 7 minutes which considering the seriousness of what was trying to be achieved? Wasn't bad I reckon. Remembering of course that it was never a single handed effort with either 2 or 4 dispatchers on each Sortie and the cable always cut by the Air Loadmaster who was ready to rock and roll from the get go 👍👍🪂🪂

[@stephen7571]

Find him and ask for six random numbers for the lottery.

[@olsky2627]

I do not know such a system but misrouted carbine was the jump master's fault.

[@lw216316]

I don't understand what happened - static line jump but he stayed attached to the Plane ?....was he unconscious? ....do they have reserve shuts, could he have cut loose and deployed a reserve?

[@carldowd406]

Just to help you? The British likely the same as most countries that deploy HUPRA teach a very specific reaction to being hung up. 1. If poss, the hands should come to the top of their helmet to show consciousness. In the old days, the PX 1 MK4 could not be cut away ergo any deployment of a reserve would or could likely bring the aircraft down.

[@clementmuhirwa]

This dummy almost got me 😅

[@Kellerman357]

How do you attach an emergency chute to a static line?

[@JammyDodger45]

It loops through a friction brake (a bit like a piece of rock climbing kit)

[@a.abeyta6237]

Hook-up, shuffle to the door and GET OFF MY AIRCRAFT...and a bad exit......

[@grandadpop1470]

HUPRA: Hung Up Parachute Release Apparatus

[@JammyDodger45]

Assembly not Apparatus

[@llrp78]

Супер. Офигенный канал. Процветания автору и каналу.

[@larryl212]

WHOA!!!

[@looserkuka]

So why didn't they pull him in? Somebody should explain that to us newbies...?

[@JammyDodger45]

Pulling him in is impossible without a winch due to the 'weight' of the jumper in the airflow. With a winch there is a massively high chance of him being smashed off the side of the aircraft and sustaining greater physical injuries than if he's released. Even this small aircraft (a Shorts Skyvan) is doing about 120mph here (around twice it's Stall Speed to account for the reduced performance from towing a guy) so being hauled back and smashed off the aircraft is a serious probability and a definite negative outcome.

[@A.Mardle]

He was TA and they didn't want him back.

[@propheticswordnita3603]

I'm not doing that again!

[@pete1927]

Got him back over the DZ at Weston

[@raulraul5547]

yo no volveria a saltar en paracaidas nunca mas