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Heart-stopping video shows US Army paratrooper freefalling through air for 15 seconds after parachute failed during jump over Italy, with reserve inflating just seconds before he landed
2022-09-11
  • The incident, which took place from an Air Force C-130 transport plane flying over Italy, was luckily not deadly

  • The unidentified soldier's reserve inflated seconds before he hit the ground

  • The clip was taken in what's known as the Juliet Drop Zone in Italy, which is used by the Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade

  • The video originated on TikTok, lasting 22 seconds as the paratrooper's chute doesn't open and he becomes desperate as he rockets toward the ground

He did the 'one thousand to five thousand' count.... THREE TIMES before deploying his reserve ?
Posted by:Skidmark

#9  My 1st jump at Fort Benning Jump School was From a C-119 in February 1967.
Posted by: Sgt. D.T.   2022-09-11 21:43  

#8  Flew in a few C-123's, landed in fewer. Never got used to the loadmaster bringing in 5 gallon trip cans from under each engine on start-up. Fuselage would fill with smoke at start-up also.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-09-11 16:47  

#7   Never flew in a C-119 but do remember building a Revell model of it when I was a kid (probably around 1963.)
Posted by: Glenmore    2022-09-11 16:28  

#6  Life among the guys at Vincenza...
Posted by: ed in texas   2022-09-11 15:45  

#5  Ref #3 Above

I flew in a C-119 once, a flight back from Little Creek Amphib Base after a USMC Boat Ride luxury weekend for hundreds. We sat on the strip for over 20 minutes while they kept trying to start the starboard engine, at first urging it to start, but then praying it wouldn't because every time it backfired the plane shook like crazy,becoming convinced it was in very bad shape and wanted off. After what seemed like hours of sputtering, it started and the vibration seemed somehow permanent. The entire flight was prayerful, and that damn thing kept hiccuping the whole way back to Bolling AFB. Even the VA ANG crew chief looked terrified, never a good sign.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2022-09-11 12:46  

#4  So, Trooper, gonna climb right back on that horse?
No, Sarge, I'm gonna have to work up to it; gonna try a bar stool first.
Posted by: Mercutio   2022-09-11 09:29  

#3  Yep. $55/month in my time. Jumping out of C-119's should have doubled the hazard part.

"Jump Master: Which engine is on fire this time!"
"Load Master: Port!
"Jump Master: So my little chickadees, Starboard is it."
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2022-09-11 08:32  

#2  Its why they get 'hazardous' duty pay.
They'll also check who packed the chute.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-09-11 07:20  

#1  New US Army training video filmed on location.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-09-11 03:07  

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