Is parachuting safe?
Despite the seeming danger of jumping out of the plane or glider, the parachutes are rare death. In the United States and in most of the Western world, Skydivers are obliged to carry a second reserve parachute that has been checked and charged with FAA certified parachute rigger; Many parachutists also use automatic activation equipment sensitive to altitude (AAD), which activates the parachute of the reserve at a safe altitude if the parachutor is unable to activate the slip itself. They also routinely bear visual and audible altimeters that help maintain awareness of their altitude. Injuries, when they occur, are usually caused by inattention or incorrect acts by the skydiver. Some include a parachute that gets tangled and thus does not provide a full slowdown. They are very rare. Others come from changes in the wind forctvrdá landings - again very rare. In recent years, one of the most common sources of injuries is inexperienced or too self -confident (mis) to use perfectly good, highlightthe oce of powerful parachutes to affect the landing on crowds. High -speed maneuvers performed very close to the ground can be exciting and exciting to monitor them, but usually increase the risk.
The parachute is carefully folded or packed to ensure that it opens reliably. In the US and many developed countries, emergency parachutes are packed with "riggers" who must be trained and certified according to strict standards. Paratroopers and sports skydivers are always trained to pack their own primary parachutes.
If the parachute does not open, it is usually a "streamer". In most streamers, the lines are twisted and the canopy prevents the air from opening enough. Paratroopers usually try to open the openstreamer by shaking lines. If it fails, they also rely on their emergency parachute also known as a "reserve slip".
about one of the hundreds of primary parachute holes is a streamer. Emergency parachutes have betterThe ratio, between one of three hundred. Most skydivers believe they can wrap their primary parachutes as carefully as a professional Rigger. Typical jumper can therefore expect both parachutes to fail between one of 30 000 and one of 250,000 dives, depending on the care of parachute packaging. Most lifelong parachutists retire before they reach 10,000 jumps.
Of course, paratroopers should never wrap their parachutes or jump when they are rushing, sleepy, drunk or drugs. With proper care, the safety of the parachuting may be drastically increased.
Some believe that the basic nature of parachuting suggests that it is inherently dangerous. On the other hand, statistics suggest that with proper care and attention (not to mention the audio training AA good access) the more likely it is that hundreds of thousands of people earn millions of jumps and return to do it again.
It is worth noting that what is shown in commercial films-especially in Hollywood actionH-perhaps exaggerates dangerously-looking aspects of sport. The characters in such movies are often displayed and perform performance that are physically impossible without the help of special effects. In other cases, their practices would cause them to be grounded or avoid in any security zone or club.
in many countries, either local regulations or about the caution of dropzone owners, which realize that the parachute had to achieve the age of the majority before engaging in sport.