Friday Freakout: Skydivers Have Dangerously Close Parachute Opening

Subscribe here for more aerial awesomeness from Teem! For licensing/usage please contact licensing@ and reference CS-000405 ___________________________________ *** What happened *** This was a two-stage 8 way hybrid that was seemingly going well, but it exploded on the second stage just before break-off. Most of the jumpers did a decent job tracking off but when this jumper deployed, they see their buddy plummet past them at a dangerously close proximity. Fortunately, there was no impact, and the jumper was able to fly his canopy away from the other jumper. *** Why did it happen *** “Lower jumper has the right of way“ The jumper whose POV we’re viewing told us that he didn’t realize one of the other jumpers had tracked above him. This opens a big can of worms but, ultimately, the lower jumper has the right of way and the individual above him should have altered their track to not be on top of him. Why t