Crane saves man after parachute fails

[narcimund 0]

Reuters story

Crane saves man after parachute fails

BERLIN (Reuters) - A parachutist jumping from a 145-metre skyscraper escaped death when his chute failed to open properly but got snared on a crane next to the building leaving him hanging, German police say.

"He got lucky after his initial misfortune," said a spokesman for police in the Bavarian capital Munich on Monday.

Fire services took an hour to rescue the 32-year-old Austrian extreme sports enthusiast after his base jump from the 35th floor left him hanging 45 metres up.

Police released the man, who is under investigation for making an illegal parachute jump, on bail of 450 euros (310 pounds).

First Class Citizen Twice Over

[QuickDraw 0]

Please let it be Felix.

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[FrancoR 0]

Nope, not Felix.
There is a thread about that in Stammtisch here on this site.
http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=713252;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread
Wich links to the report of what happend by the base jumper http://skydance.at/stories/90148/#90620
But its all in german.

The building is not far from where i am now.

Franco

If it does not cost anything you are the product.

[QuickDraw 0]

Wow... the rough translation sounds scary, hope the guy is ok.

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Accident course of events
hello everything with one another for all interesting below the exact operational sequence of the incident:

at the night checkten we several times wind conditions within the range uptown towers. on the day a tidy always blew luefterl in Munich. at the night the wind became ever weaker and amounted to around 01:00 at the soil 2,6m/sec in cut at night, with a maximum of 4m/sec (measured by means of "wind masters"). for a building was still too much me. around approximately 02:00 o'clock almost zero wind prevailed and thus walked I into the building and arrived over the good lit up stairway into the 36ten stick, which still openly and/or vitreous was I made myself thereupon jump ready the wind at the exit was to hardly feel and the flags and bushes at the soil did not move after repeated ABC hedges of the layer (traffic, wind etc..) if I jumped starting from stable exit, delay from approximately 1.5 seconds, stable and symmetrical after body position throw my air anchor, which I held for "hand hero", I had an extremely rapid 180° opening to the building these was to the fact to be attributed that my hilfsschirm reciprocated very strongly and my cap with withdraws from the container rotated by means of backriserturn tried I the situation to clarify, what sews me however due to to the object did not succeed I collided with the front and the cap collapsed rapidly by rapid acts got I means to screen to to unfold almost whole. since however the "nose" looked to the object, I collided second time with the glass facade now collapsed the cap entgueltig and linen got caught at my left leg. it succeeded to free-get me the leg however now wound itself for linen over means whole remaining body I knew the fact that this was my end of life... floor for floor fell I ruecklings down and fought with the linen became sudden my case abruptly stopped as I looked upward saw I that 2 A-linen and something hung parachute oaths on an attachment for a 150m high construction crane had remained I thought that this can be only of short term duration and equal the remaining 10 floors would continue to fall besides noticed I that my right was broken to 3 ring system and die3 hung more riser a half meter upper me the separation cable wedged still in the loop (no reserve only for separate with tree landings etc..)
more rainer informed the fire-brigade, which me in a complex maneuver (cut open the house front) saved approximately one granted baumelte I helplessly in the 10ten stick.
I had suffered no injuries and arrest the executive officials was extremely nice.

Thanks for the link too FrancoR.

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[Franko 0]

Do one know what he is accused of and what conseqences will come?

[FrancoR 0]

ROFL
can anybody that does not understand german understand that translation?
What Program did you use for the translation?
Here are a few corrections, but its not error free now, but you should know what happend now.



Accident course of events
hello everything with one another for all interesting below the exact operational sequence of the incident:

In that night we checked the wind several times in the area of the uptown towers. On the day a quite strong

wind blew in Munich. At the night the wind became weaker and at around 01:00 groundwinds where 2,6m/sec on

average at night, with a maximum of 4m/sec (measured with "wind masters"). For a building that was still too

much for me. At approximately 02:00 o'clock there was almost zero wind and thus I walked into the building

and arrived over the well lit up stairway into the 36nd floor, which was still open and without windows. I

made myself ready for the jump, the wind at the exit could hardly be felt and the flags and bushes at the

ground did not move after repeatedly checking the situation (traffic, wind etc..) I jumped starting from

stable exit, delay from approximately 1.5 seconds, stable and symmetrical after body position throw my air

anchor (pilot chute), which I held with my hand, I had an extremely rapid 180° opening towards the building.

that was because my pilot chute reciprocated very strongly and twisted my canopy as it withdrew from the

container. with a backriserturn i tried to clear the situation, which did not suceed because i was to close to the building. I collided with the building and the canopy collapsed rapidly. By rapid acts i was able to inflate the canopy almost completly. Since however the "nose" looked to the object, I collided a second

time with the glass facade now collapsing the canopy completely and lines got caught at my left leg. I succeeded to get me the leg free however now wound my whole remaining body in the lines. I knew the fact

that this was the end of life... floor for floor i fell backwards down and fought with the lines.

suddenly my fall abruptly stopped as I looked upward i saw that 2 A-lines and some fabric hung on a

an attachment point for a 150m high construction crane, I thought that this can be only of short term

and i would continue to fall the remaining 10 floors. besides i noticed that my right 3-Rig System was broken and the 3 risers hung half meter above me. The cutaway cable wedged was still in the loop

(no reserve only for separate with tree landings etc..)
Rainer informed the fire-brigade, which freed me in a complex maneuver (cut open the house front) For about 1 hour i dangled helplessly on the 10th floor.
I had suffered no injuries and was arrest. the executive officials where extremely nice.

If it does not cost anything you are the product.

[BMFin 0]

Damn !!

Im glad no one was hurt !

BTW. Did you translate this with some online dictionary system ?

The term : "air anchor" is just too cool...

The straight translation for Pilot Chute from finnish would be "help boletus"

[QuickDraw 0]

I used babel fish, and it more or less said what FrancoR wrote.

Anchors awayyyy.

Babel Fish

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[FrancoR 0]

The original text said "luft anker" that translates to "air anchor" the original author uses it sort of as a nick name for his pilot chute.

If it does not cost anything you are the product.

[skreamer 1]

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suddenly my fall abruptly stopped as I looked upward i saw that 2 A-lines and some fabric hung on an attachment point for a 150m high construction crane

Wow, I'd be interested to know what canopy that was.

[redfox 0]

As far as I know it was a unvented Troll

see http://www.basejump.at/pic_brueckelandl.htm

Regards,

RedFox

[Faber 0]

the jumper has posted at Blinc
http://www.basejumping.net/forum/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=7&topic_id=14974&mesg_id=14974&page=

Stay safe
Stefan Faber