这是一场噩梦。照片你自己更多than a half a mile above the Earth, hurtling toward the ground at the thunderous speed of a roller coaster — think around 120 miles per hour (193 kilometers per hour). You pull the开伞索parac上hute, but something's wrong. The chute doesn't open. What do you do?
Don't panic, says Ron Bell of theUnited States Parachute Association(USPA). Most parachute malfunctions are not death sentences. Or at least, they don't have to be. But why — and how — do failures happen? And most importantly, what can you do if a parachute malfunction happens to you?
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But let's start with the basics. What are the odds of your parachute even glitching in the first place?