1001001sos 0 #1 October 24, 2018 Article says he practiced for months. Why even wear a chute if you're not going to use it if it's needed? So much for a back up plan. And the craziest part, I did some searching and he apparently was an avid skydiver and base jumper. Why not just let go and pull? Jon James McMurray, 33, had trained for months to perform the stunt, his management team told CBC News. The rapper was attempting to walk onto the wing of Cessna while the aircraft was flying but “walked to too far out on the wing and sent the aircraft into a downward spiral.” "Jon held onto the wing until it was too late, and by the time he let go, he didn't have time to pull his chute. He impacted and died instantly,” McMurray’s management team said in a statement. https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/canadian-rapper-dies-in-airplane-stunt-gone-wrong Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,991 #2 October 24, 2018 >Why even wear a chute if you're not going to use it if it's needed? He was too low. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1001001sos 0 #3 October 25, 2018 He hung on the wing until he was too low. The minute that plane started to spiral, hanging on would have been the last thing on my mind. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DougH 270 #4 October 25, 2018 See a recent reply to the post in the incident forum. I am not a pilot, never wing walked, but it is a possibility that he was pinned or stuck to the wing and only was able to free himself until too low to get a parachute over his head."The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #5 October 25, 2018 We are discussing this accident on the INCIDENTS threads. One poster related a similar scenario that happened many years ago. As the plane enters a spiral dive, G forces pinned the jumper to the top of the wing ....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
