September 14, 2019
Greetings fellow Bizarros:
The hard part about skydiving is jumping out of a perfectly good airplane. But once you're out, the last thing you want to see again up close and personal is another airplane. Unfortunately, that is exactly what happened to two parachutists in the skies over England. And it was very nearly the last thing they ever saw.
The skydivers were in freefall, traveling at about 120 mph when a pair of American F-15s flew directly under them at about 345 mph, according to the U.K. Airprox Board, the national air safety investigation body, in a report that recently surfaced.
"Once the parachutists had seen the F15s there was very little they could do to avoid the situation, having no control over their speed or direction whilst in free-fall," the report stated.
The F-15 pilots never saw the jumpers - but even if they did, there would have been no time avoid catastrophe.
U.K. Airprox didn't specifically determine how close this near-miss was but said there was "Go-Pro footage filmed from the helmet of one of the parachutists" that showed the jumpers "could clearly see the F15s passing beneath."
The F-15s were based out of Royal Air Force Lakenheath, which is host to the U.S. Air Force's 48th Fighter Wing.
Pilots had not been warned about skydivers in the area, the report said. Proactive measures have since been taken "to remind all the crews of the need to avoid Chatteris parachuting site."
Bizarrely,
Lewis
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READER COMMENTS
To whoever wrote: 'Dogs are stupid.' Wrong. Dogs are creatures of instinct. People are stupid. OK, some dogs are a bit dim but a dim dog beats a stupid person any day.
Lewis, I'd much rather have the petting zoo than most of the people I meet on airplanes, anxious or not.
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