Skydiving is a dangerous sport.
A man and woman in their 30s recently suffered injuries in separate skydiving incidents in Queensland, Australia, ABC News reported.
The man sustained severe spinal injuries after hitting the ground with force in Tarawera, according to the Australian Parachute Federation.
The woman fractured her leg in Bloomsbury, APF added.
The two adventure seekers were lucky for only getting injured. Skydiving can be deadly even to experienced skydivers like the one who died in hospital after a hard landing at Laguna Quays also in Australia, according to ABC News.
In New Jersey, United States, Timothy Joseph Slachta, 48, of Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania was a 10-year skydiving veteran with 700 jumps to his credit when he was killed in a parachute failure on 10 May, 6ABC reported.
Witnesses saw him swirling down before hitting the ground hard.
In the Philippines, Skydive Siquijor makes sure that its customers can handle the nerve-wracking drop by checking their medical certificates and recent laboratory results.
Practicing Certified Public Accountant and lawyer Iluminada Fabroa of Danao City was among Skydive Siquijor’s recent customers and first-time tandem skydivers, according to Pep.ph.
Despite being physically fit to parachute from a plane together with a professional skydiver, her stunt raised eyebrows.
Fabroa’s family, however, were relieved when she enjoyed the P28,000-thrill without any scathe. Together with Skydive Siquijor and netizens who saw the viral video of the parachuting 82-year-old granny, they were also impressed with the record she set as the oldest skydiver in the Visayas region, GTV Balitanghali reported.
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